Football fans have criticised the price of tickets for next year’s World Cup, with one fan group calling on FIFA to stop the sale of tickets.
According to Football Supporters Europe (FSE) — which represents fans across the continent — the tickets for the competition in the United States, Canada and Mexico, running between 11 June and 19 July, will cost almost five times more than the 2022 edition in Qatar.
“Football Supporters Europe is astonished by the extortionate ticket prices imposed by FIFA on the most dedicated supporters for next year’s FIFA World Cup,” the fan organisation said on Thursday.
It said that the price of tickets allocated to national associations — typically distributed through official supporters’ groups or loyalty programs to their most dedicated fans — were reaching “astronomical” levels.
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