Final ticket sales phase begins for FIFA World Cup
The fourth and final phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup in North America began on Wednesday, FIFA announced. More than three million of these tickets have already been sold during the first three sales phases -- including over one million during the random selection draw phase alone (held in January and February), which received 500 million requests, according to FIFA. The global governing body is likely to break the all-time record of 3.
5 million tickets sold for a World Cup -- a mark
A ball with the FIFA World Cup 2026 logo looks ahead to this summer's global football championship, for which the fourth phase of ticket sales has started (FRANCK FIFE) The fourth and final phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup in North America began on Wednesday, FIFA announced. The phase for the June 11–July 19 event in the United States, Mexico and Canada involves more than three million tickets. This "last-minute" sales phase opened at 1500 GMT on the official website, FIFA.
com/tickets, the global governing body stated in a press release. Tickets are being sold on a "first-come, first-served" basis and will remain available until the end of the competition on July 19, it added. Tickets will be released for sale on a rolling basis -- including, on occasion, for matches taking place on the very same day -- according to FIFA.
At the scheduled time, prospective buyers were directed to a "waiting" page to "queue" while awaiting access to the site, a wait that could last several hours. "A countdown will appear before you can enter the ticket sales phase. Once the countdown is over, an 'Enter' button will be available for 5 minutes.