What to know
- FIFA has announced new tickets for all World Cup matches, which will be available starting 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
- Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, and fans can expect long digital lineups.
The World Cup will be here in only 50 days, and those who haven’t gotten their tickets yet have one more chance to get a spot in the bleachers.
FIFA has announced it will be unveiling new extra tickets for all 104 matches as part of a last-minute phase coinciding with the 50-day countdown.
The extra tickets will be available to the general public at FIFA.com/tickets starting at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Tickets will be sold on a first-come first-served basis, and FIFA says fans can expect long digital lineups, as several fans will be flooding the website.
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According to FIFA, at the start of the sale, tickets available will include categories 1–3 and front-row. Tickets will continue to roll out until July 19, as the last-minute sales phase will run through the end of the tournament, allowing fans to buy even more tickets on the website.
As the event approaches, FIFA says it has sold over five million tickets for the event, and it expects this years’ games to surpass the cumulative record of 3.5 million during the 1994 World Cup, which was hosted by the U.S.
Fans are reminded that FIFA’s official ticket sale website is FIFA.com/tickets, which includes a marketplace that allows ticket holders to re-sell and exchange tickets, and serves as a way for fans to avoid invalid sales.
