Overview
- The application period for the third sales phase ended at 17:00, with tickets to be allocated by random draw and successful applicants notified by email in the coming weeks.
- FIFA has confirmed there will be at least one more sales phase, and dpa reports another tranche is planned for late February or early March.
- For the first time in this cycle, fans could request single-match and team-specific tickets for group-stage games.
- Fan groups criticize limited availability of the $60 base-rank tickets, FIFA’s dynamic pricing that can drive costs sharply higher, and fees on the official resale platform, where reports put top non-VIP final seats near $7,000 at launch.
- Team fan blocks receive 8% of stadium tickets per match, with 10% of those at $60; Germany’s federation lists roughly 581 vs Curaçao, 395 vs Ivory Coast, and 632 vs Ecuador for its group games.