The first opening sales phase for the 2026 FIFA World Cup started on April 2 in the first chance for supporters to buy tickets after all of the teams taking part in the tournament were confirmed.
Organisers said almost 3.2 million tickets were sold for the previous finals in Qatar, generating $686 million in revenue.
Tickets for the finals could prove hugely popular again, featuring 104 international matches across 16 cities between June 11 and July 19 2026.
101GreatGoals.com explains the process for buying World Cup 2026 tickets, including using the resale marketplace.
FIFA World Cup tickets 2026: How to buy
FIFA say the reopened application window will stay open once the tournament starts in June.
Tickets are available from the official World Cup site.
FIFA World Cup tickets: Resale marketplace
Residents of most countries are able to resell tickets, with Mexican residents given the option to exchange them.
The tournament organisers collect 15% from both the buyer and seller, according to ESPN.
PMA late qualifier supporters sales phase World Cup tickets
This phase is known by FIFA as the last-minute sales phase, but some fans were confused to find that they had entered the PMA late qualifier supporters sales phase when the window initially reopened.
Those tickets are for a segment of fans for the final six nations to have qualified for the tournament.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Sweden, Turkiye, Iraq and DR Congo all confirmed their places two days before the window reopened.
FIFA World Cup tickets prices and cost
When sales first opened in September 2025, FIFA said the cheapest tickets would start at $60, which is around 51 euros or £44, and the most expensive tickets for the final would start at $6,730, which is around 5,730 euros or £5,760.
There are four categories of tickets alongside accessibility options.
In the month-long sales phase after the draw for the finals on December 5, tickets were priced between $140 (£106 or 121 euros) to $8,680 (£6,556 or 7,516 euros), according to ESPN.
FIFA responded to complaints about those prices by saying that $60 tickets would be made available to participating national federations for their most loyal supporters, which the outlet said would be between 400 and 700 per team for each match.
On the first day of open sales, 35 of the 72 group stage matches were listed with tickets available, BBC Sport reported.
The outlet reported queueing for six hours and 14 minutes to access the ticket page and said the average price of tickets it had seen available was $358 (£271 or 310 euros).
The report observed that ticket prices for the World Cup final increased by up to 38% from the December release, describing a cost of up to $10,990 (£8,333 or 9,520 euros) to be at the final as “the most expensive ever general admission to a football match”.
FIFA tickets: World Cup 2026 options
When sales started in 2025, FIFA said single match tickets would be available in every category for every match in all sales phases.
Venue-specific tickets are a multiple-ticket package that includes one ticket for several matches scheduled at a stadium, with fans advised to review the list of matches before buying.
Those include all group stage matches at the selected venue, as well as the first knockout stage match at that stadium – either a round of 32 or round of 16 game – where applicable, with the exception of Guadalajara.
Venue-specific tickets don’t include the opening match in each host country or games from the quarter-finals onwards.
Team-specific packages offer one ticket to each of the chosen team’s three group stage games but don’t include any knockout stage matches.
When is the World Cup 2026? Confirmed games, schedule, dates
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the first edition of the tournament to feature 48 teams and take place in three countries.
You can see the full groups, fixtures and schedule here.
While the Qatar edition took place in November and December, the 2026 tournament will return to the traditional period in which the World Cup has started since it was inaugurally held in 1930.
The opening match will take place on Thursday, June 11, with the group stage running until June 27. The round of 32 will start on June 29 and end on July 3, followed by last-16 matches between July 4 and July 7.
The quarter-finals will be held between July 9 and July 11, and the final will be decided by semi-finals on July 14 and 15. A third-place play-off takes place on July 18.
Argentina will hope to defend the title they won in 2022, beating France on penalties in the final in a game featuring a Kylian Mbappe hat-trick for Les Bleus and two Lionel Messi goals for the champions.
Where is the World Cup 2026?
A total of 16 stadiums will host games, welcoming teams from qualifying groups covering Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, Europe, North and Central America and the Caribbean.
The 11 host cities are Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, Boston and New York New Jersey, where the final will be played.
Mexico City’s Azteca will stage the opening match. The Mexican headquarters will be in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City and the Canadian venues are Vancouver and Toronto.
World Cup 2026 format
The initial stage has been enlarged from 16 groups of three teams to 12 groups of four nations, increasing the number of games for countries going all the way from seven to eight matches.
The top two teams from each group and the eight best third-place teams will reach the round of 32.
