CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) – FIFA announced Wednesday that requests for tickets for this year’s World Cup have exceeded 500 million.
The soccer organizing body said that outside of the host countries of the United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests were from fans living in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia.
FIFA demands up to $8,680 per ticket. After criticism, FIFA announced last month it would offer $60 tickets They will be distributed after every match to the tournament’s 48 national federations, who will then decide how to distribute them to fans who attended previous matches.
The most requested match in the third sales phase, which started on December 11 and will run until Tuesday, was Colombia vs. Portugal on June 27 in Miami Gardens, Florida, the newspaper said. This will be followed by Mexico vs. South Korea on June 18th in Guadalajara, Mexico. The final will be held on July 19th in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The opening match between Mexico and South Africa will be held on June 11th in Mexico City. The second round will be held in Toronto on July 2nd.
FIFA announced that it will notify the public about ticket applications by February 5 and that seats will be randomly allocated for matches where demand exceeds available seats.
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