{"id":495310,"date":"2025-09-03T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495310"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:30:17","slug":"fifa-announces-world-cup-2026-ticket-prices-and-different-sales-phases","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/fifa-announces-world-cup-2026-ticket-prices-and-different-sales-phases\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA announces World Cup 2026 ticket prices and different sales phases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans now know what it will cost to attend next year\u2019s World Cup, with FIFA confirming ticket prices will start at $60 for group-stage matches and rise to as much as $6,730 for the final. For the first time, soccer\u2019s biggest tournament will adopt dynamic pricing, meaning ticket costs could fluctuate depending on demand.<\/p>\n<p>The new pricing structure marks a significant increase compared with past editions. Tickets ranged from $25 to $475 at the 1994 tournament in the United States, while the 2022 World Cup in Qatar offered seats priced between $69 and $1,607.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Single-game ticket prices for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will range from as low as $60 for group stage matches to $6,710 for a spot at the World Cup final \ud83d\udcb0<\/p>\n<p>Those prices might, and likely will, change somewhat over the coming months. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SMDftHRmnf\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/SMDftHRmnf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1963326134868680940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the message is \u2018Get your tickets early,\u2019\u201d said World Cup chief operating officer Heimo Schirgi. \u201cEspecially if you know where you will be, because you live in that city, or you\u2019re a fan of the three hosting nations. Anything could happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The expanded 2026 World Cup will run June 11 to July 19, with matches staged across 11 U.S. cities, three in Mexico and two in Canada. It will feature a record 48 teams and 104 games.<\/p>\n<p>The first ticket draw, limited to Visa card holders, opens September 19 at 11 a.m. EDT and runs for 24 hours. Fans selected will be notified starting September 29 and assigned a purchase timeslot beginning October 1. While all 104 matches will initially be available, FIFA warned that a timeslot does not guarantee ticket availability.<\/p>\n<p>Sales are capped at four tickets per person per match, with a maximum of 40 tickets per buyer for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>A second early ticket draw is expected from October 27\u201331, with sales running through November and December. The third phase, a random selection draw, will follow the December 5 final team draw, after which tickets will also go on sale closer to the tournament on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans now know what it will cost to attend next year\u2019s World Cup, with FIFA confirming ticket prices will start at $60 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":495311,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17518,17367,26017,25035],"news_category":[14236,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[17897,26014,25032,432],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Ticket prices will change depending on the interest - a strategy to push fans to buy their passes earlier ","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495312,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495310\/revisions\/495312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495310"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=495310"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=495310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}