More than 800,000 tickets were sold in the opening sales of the 2022 World Cup
The International Football Association (FIFA) announced today that more than 800,000 tickets have been sold to attend the 2022 World Cup matches, scheduled for the end of the year, in the inaugural sales phase.
"The first sale of tickets for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has ended after fans from all over the world purchased more than 800,000 tickets to attend the matches of the game's greatest event," a statement from the international body said.
He continued, "After the first random-selection sales period, tickets were shown on the principle of first-come-first-served in a short-term sales period, and this attracted more fans in the Arab world and the world, and Qatar, the United States, England, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, India, Brazil, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates were Saudi Arabia is the first ten countries whose residents topped the list of ticket purchasers.
Viva announced that it will open the next sales phase on Tuesday, April 5 at 11:00 Doha time.
With 27 teams qualified for the finals, with the number increasing to 29 before the draw scheduled for Friday 1 April, fans will be able to find out where and when their favorite team plays before they apply for tickets for the second sales phase.
"Single match tickets - and tickets for the opening and final matches - were the most popular products, although fans bought a good number of team tickets and four-stadium tickets, and the total number of sales reached 186,804 tickets after owners secured their seats in stadiums," FIFA said in a statement. Qatar at the end of this year.
FIFA had set promotional discounted prices for tickets, amounting to approximately 11 dollars for residents and residents, while the ticket prices for foreign fans amounted to 69 dollars, or about one third of the ticket price in the World Cup in Russia 2018, but the ticket for the final match may reach about 1607 dollars.
Qatar, which will host between November 21 and December 18, the first tournament in the Middle East and the Arab world, boasts of the proximity between stadiums, which allows easy movement for fans and attends more than one match per day.
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