Ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup begin: Dates and prices

Tickets for the 2026 World Cup go on sale: Find out everything!

Soccer fans will have their first opportunity to request tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Ticket sales will begin on Wednesday, although it will not initially be open to the general public. The initial request period, exclusive to Visa cardholders, will open on Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET and end on September 19 at 11 a.m. ET. Those selected to purchase tickets will be notified starting September 29 and will receive a schedule to make their purchase starting October 1. Although tickets for all 104 matches will be put on sale, receiving a purchase schedule does not guarantee ticket availability. A second phase, called “early ticket draw,” will likely take place from October 27 to 31, with purchase times from mid-November to early December. The third phase, called “random selection draw”, will begin after the final draw, which will take place on December 5 in Washington, D.C., to determine the World Cup schedule. FIFA has announced that tickets will be available “on a first-come, first-served basis” closer to the tournament. FIFA will also launch an official resale platform.

The FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, presented the first ticket for next year’s World Cup to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, last month. The sale of tickets will be limited to four per person and per match, with a maximum of 40 for the entire tournament. FIFA confirmed last week that it will use dynamic pricing at a World Cup for the first time, which means that prices will change depending on the demand for each match. Initial ticket prices will range from $60 for group stage matches to $6,730 for the final.

These prices are higher than the $25 to $475 from the last time the United States hosted the men’s World Cup in 1994. In the 2022 Qatar World Cup, ticket prices ranged from $69 to $1,607.

The World Cup next year will be held from June 11 to July 19 and will be the largest in history, after going from 32 to 48 teams. Eleven stadiums in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada have been chosen to host the matches.

• United States: New York/New Jersey (MetLife Stadium); Los Angeles (SoFi Stadium); Dallas (AT&T Stadium); San Francisco Bay Area (Levi’s Stadium); Miami (Hard Rock Stadium); Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium); Seattle (Lumen Field); Houston (NRG Stadium); Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field); Kansas City, Missouri (Arrowhead Stadium); and Boston (Gillette Stadium).

The host nations will play the three group stage matches at home. The United States will open on June 12 in Inglewood, California, and then play on June 19 in Seattle and June 25 again in Inglewood. Canada

• Mexico and Canada: Guadalajara (Akron Stadium), Monterrey (BBVA Bancomer Stadium), Mexico City (Azteca Stadium), Toronto (BMO Field), and Vancouver (BC Place).

In addition to the three hosts, 15 teams have already qualified for the World Cup:

• Japan
• New Zealand
• Iran
• Argentina
• Uzbekistan
• South Korea
• Jordan
• Australia
• Brazil
• Ecuador
• Uruguay
• Colombia
• Paraguay
• Morocco
• Tunisia

The New York City mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, criticized FIFA’s dynamic pricing plans on Tuesday, stating: “The world’s biggest sporting event is being held in our backyard. But most New Yorkers won’t be able to afford to see it live.”