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Huge demand for WC tickets
Bangkok Post
|March 03, 2026
From almost US$900 for the opening game to over $8,000 for the final, match tickets are far from cheap for the World Cup, which begins in North America in 100 days.
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AFP Sport assesses the cost of attending games at the tournament:
THE SITUATION
According to world football's governing body Fifa, almost seven million tickets have been made available in total. Each person can buy a maximum of four tickets per match and a total of 40 for the whole competition.
Around two million tickets were sold during an initial lottery in October. A second sales phase in December and January was also a lottery and attracted a record 508 million requests, according to Fifa.
It has not said how many tickets have been attributed but the matches in highest demand were the Group K finale between Colombia and Portugal in Miami on June 27, co-hosts Mexico against South Korea in Guadalajara on June 18, and the final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19.
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