Qatar 2022: FIFA receives 17 million requests for World Cup tickets

The Qatar 2022 World Cup still does not have all its qualified teams, but that does not prevent fans from all over the world from already requesting tickets to be present in several matches, especially the final instances, due to the trust that exists in the fans on their respective teams.

FIFA reported that there have been approximately 17 million requests for tickets for the World Cup that will take place in November and December. There are only a little over two million tickets available, the vast majority of them from the group stage, as is always the case.

“Fans around the globe showed their excitement for the biggest event in world football by requesting 17 million tickets during the first ticket sales period for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which lasted just 20 days. The majority of applications correspond to residents of the host country (Qatar)”, indicates FIFA.

“During this first period of random selection sales, requests also came en masse from countries with a strong football tradition and certain key markets such as Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, France, India, England and Mexico”he added.

The most demanded tickets by fans are those for the tournament final, scheduled at the Lusail stadium (capacity for 80,000 spectators) on December 18, “with a total of 1.8 million applications received”according to FIFA.

The first ticket sales period began on January 19 and ended on Tuesday, February 8. FIFA indicated that it will now focus on verifying the requests and possible purchase restrictions before proceeding to the allocation of the seats.