{"id":35607,"date":"2026-06-05T21:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/fifa-cancels-world-cup-tickets-for-about-60-fans-who-got-them-for-free-due-to-a-mistake\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:13:43","slug":"fifa-cancels-world-cup-tickets-for-about-60-fans-who-got-them-for-free-due-to-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/fifa-cancels-world-cup-tickets-for-about-60-fans-who-got-them-for-free-due-to-a-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA cancels World Cup tickets for about 60 fans who got them for free due to a mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) \u2014 FIFA announces cancellation <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">world cup<\/span> Due to a website error, tickets were issued to about 60 fans who had mistakenly gotten them for free.<\/p>\n<p>The ticket was &#8220;allocated free of charge (0 USD) due to a prior payment issue during the checkout process&#8221;. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">FIFA said in a statement on Thursday.<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FIFA regrets this error and the inconvenience it has caused,&#8221; soccer&#8217;s governing body said. &#8220;Tickets requested by these fans remain on hold and affected fans are advised to complete payment of the correct amount.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest glitch in the oft-controversial World Cup ticket sales program, with the Attorney General <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">New York and New Jersey are investigating<\/span> Because it may violate consumer protection laws.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA said in an email message to buyers that the incorrectly priced tickets were sold through the World Cup&#8217;s official website on May 21.<\/p>\n<p>That day came more than three months after he took office as FIFA president. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Gianni Infantino said<\/span> All 104 games of the World Cup were sold out.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Tickets are still on sale by FIFA<\/span> In preparation for the World Cup matches, which begin next Thursday in Mexico City. It is unclear whether seats at low-demand games will become cheaper under FIFA&#8217;s surge pricing model, which is controversial among fans.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA also operates its own resale platform to remove ticket sellers from the market, taking a 15% commission from both buyers and sellers. However, sales platforms such as <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">seat geek<\/span> Many games became widely available on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the 2026 World Cup are <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">very expensive<\/span> It was higher than any previous edition, and FIFA justified it as helping to generate billions of dollars in revenue for member federations to develop the game globally.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA took control of ticket pricing and sales as part of bringing World Cup operations in-house. The long-standing model in previous editions was to work with the host country&#8217;s local organizing committee.<\/p>\n<p>When the U.S., Canadian and Mexican soccer federations won the hosting rights in 2018, they promised to sell hundreds of thousands of tickets for group stage games at $21 each.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP World Cup coverage: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-tickets-fifa-a79970813d9e2799180613f00e603847\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) \u2014 FIFA announces cancellation world cup Due to a website error, tickets were issued to about 60 fans who had mistakenly gotten them for free. The ticket was &#8220;allocated free of charge (0 USD) due to a prior payment issue during the checkout process&#8221;. 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