Overview
- The new low-price category offers $60 tickets for all 104 matches, including the final, allocated via national associations and distributed through a randomized selection process.
- FIFA reports about 20 million ticket requests so far and says administrative fees will be refunded if fans buy knockout tickets and their team is eliminated earlier.
- Football Supporters Europe welcomes movement but argues the change benefits only a limited number of fans and fails to address high costs faced by disabled supporters or price spikes on FIFA’s resale platform.
- Some outlets report roughly 10% of each nation’s allocation could be set aside for reduced-price seats, a detail not confirmed by FIFA.
- Separately, FIFA approved record prize money for 2026: $727 million in total distributions, with $50 million for the champion and increased payouts across the field of 48 teams.