Overview
- The early ticket draw begins November 12 with a national exclusivity window for residents of the U.S., Canada and Mexico, followed by international allocations from November 17.
- Applicants selected in the draw receive a purchase window between mid‑November and early December for single matches, venue series or team-series products, with specific fixture sales starting after the December 5 group draw in Washington, D.C.
- Phase one drew more than 4.5 million applications from 216 countries and sold over one million tickets, with buyers led by the three host nations, then England and Germany.
- FIFA is using dynamic, demand-based pricing with group-stage tickets starting around $60, while an official resale platform charges 15% fees to both sellers and buyers; fan groups have criticized affordability as FIFA defends the model as market practice.
- Households are limited to a maximum of four tickets per match and 40 total, and children generally require their own tickets except for infants meeting FIFA’s stated size and age exceptions.