Here is the latest on FIFA ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
In addition to the FIFA ticket draw process outlined below, here are four corporate opportunities:
🔗 American Airlines miles for tickets (underway)
🔗 Qatar Airways travel packages (underway)
🔗 Verizon Access customers chance to win free tickets (Jan. 7-11)
🔗 Chase Sapphire cardholders (Feb. 10-24)
1: Resale tickets from successful purchasers during the first two sales phases are available on FIFA’s marketplace.
2: The last lottery, the Random Selection Draw closed Jan. 13.
3: Supporter tickets/U.S. Soccer Insiders: Fans of a specific national teams may be eligible to apply for Participating Member Association (PMA) supporter tickets.
📣 Update:
🔗 U.S. Soccer will hold weighted lotteries for Insiders tickets
4: Hospitality package sales continue.
5: A “first-come-first-served” sales phase takes place in the spring.
1. Resale: Tickets purchased during the first two lottery sales phases that have been listed for resale can be accessed on FIFA’s own official marketplace.
🔗 The FIFA Resale/Exchange Marketplace
Note: Until Dec. 15 at 11 am (ET), the FIFA Marketplace will be open to list or withdraw tickets. Purchasing of tickets will resume after Dec. 15 at 11 am (ET).
— FIFA warns that: “Tickets sold on unofficial resale websites, social media, or through third-party vendors may be fake. …” From its FIFA’s Ticket Terms of Sale for General Public: “Only the third parties listed on the [FIFA] ticketing website are authorized to sell tickets on behalf of FIFA. … Tickets purchased via unauthorized sales channels may not be valid or they may be sold to you in breach of applicable use restrictions. These tickets may be declared invalid or cancelled by FIFA Ticketing …”
2. Random Selection Draw: This third phase of ticket sales closed on Jan. 13. Single-match tickets to all 104 games are available.
Entry into the lottery required a FIFA ID, an account that could be created HERE.
Buyers are limited to four tickets per match and a total of 40 tickets for the tournament per household.
🔗 Sales Restrictions
— Timing of a fan’s entry into the Random Selection Draw during the entry period will not impact the fan’s chances of success, says FIFA.
— Successful and partially successful ticket applicants will receive communications via email no earlier than Feb. 5. Automatic payment charging for successful or partially successful applications begins on Feb. 9.
Accessing the Random Selection Draw will also enable supporters to apply for Participating Member Association supporter tickets to follow their national teams.
3. Participating Member Association (PMA) supporter tickets — eg U.S. Soccer Insiders: Each federation (PMA) sets its own criteria for fans to be recognized as PMA supporters and establishes its own process for obtaining tickets.
Historically, PMAs are official fan clubs or loyalty programs.
U.S. Soccer’s PMA is U.S. Soccer Insiders, whose members started receiving their PMA codes on Jan. 5.
📣 Update:
🔗 U.S. Soccer will hold weighted lotteries for Insiders tickets
Canada’s PMA is CanadaRED.
A FIFA member association directory appears at the bottom of the Member Association Inside FIFA page.
4. Hospitality packages: Pricey Single Match; Venue Series; and Follow My Team hospitality packages sales continue.
🔗 FIFA Hospitality Packages
5: Final phase: A “first-come-first-served” sales phase takes place in the spring. It’s unknown how many tickets will be available.
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