World Cup ticket policy comes in for criticism

FIFA’S World Cup ticketing policy will unfairly exclude supporters with disabilities from attending the tournament, according to a fans group.

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Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and its Disability & Inclusion Fan Network has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to “condemn” a policy that it says denies disabled fans access to the lowest-priced category tickets and “departs sharply” from usual practice.

“At your press conference in Doha in 2022, you stated: ‘Today I feel disabled,’ FSE wrote. “This sentiment is evidently not aligned with FIFA’s current World Cup 2026 pricing policy.

“True inclusion is not symbolic or mere words: it requires action that recognises structural disadvantage and removes barriers rather than reinforcing them.”