More than 1.5 million ticket applications from followers in 210 nations have been acquired by FIFA inside 24 hours of the presale draw for the 2026 World Cup being launched, the governing physique of world soccer mentioned on Thursday (September 11, 2025).
The extraordinary world demand for the match got here primarily from the United States, Mexico and Canada, adopted by Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, England, Spain, Portugal and Germany.
The response highlighted the worldwide enchantment of the expanded 48-team match which will probably be hosted by Mexico, Canada and the U.S. and can function 104 matches throughout 16 host cities.
The draw is open till 11:00 ET (17:00 CET) on September 19, and the time of entry doesn’t have an effect on followers’ probabilities of securing tickets.
Successful candidates will probably be notified by way of e-mail beginning September 29 and given designated time slots to buy tickets starting October 1.
Tickets will begin at $60, but dynamic pricing will probably be in operation throughout the first section of ticket gross sales with followers paying completely different costs in response to market demand. Additional ticket gross sales phases are scheduled to start in October.
