Overview

• The Visa Presale Draw runs Sept. 10–19, with successful applicants notified starting Sept. 29 and assigned purchase time slots beginning Oct. 1 for tickets across all 104 matches.
• Fans reported crashes, long virtual queues and access issues on FIFA’s site as the presale opened, prompting widespread frustration on social media.
• FIFA confirmed variable (dynamic) pricing for the men’s World Cup for the first time, drawing criticism from supporters’ groups and New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over affordability.
• Purchases are capped at four tickets per person per match and 40 total, and FIFA says an official resale platform will be available to curb invalid or unauthorized resales.
• This initial phase requires entrants to be 18 or older with a FIFA ID and a Visa card enabled with 3D Secure, with broader public draws to follow in late October and after the Dec. 5 group-stage draw.