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FIFA World Cup 2026 (Canada/Mexico/USA) - remaining official sales as of July 2026

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Tickets for FIFA World Cup 2026 sell first come, first served: the sale ran 1 Apr 2026 to 19 Jul 2026.

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Key facts

Sales window: 1 Apr 2026 to 19 Jul 2026
Event dates: 11 Jun 2026 to 19 Jul 2026
Ballot type: free-entry draw (three draw phases, all closed), followed by a first-come first-served last-minute sale; every phase is now over
Entry cost: Free to participate while the tournament ran: the draws had free entry (payment only if selected and purchasing) and the Last-Minute Sales Phase was a direct purchase with no entry fee. Official resale carried a 15% fee for sellers. Nothing is on sale now.
Eligibility: Historic. The Last-Minute Sales Phase was open to anyone with a free FIFA ticketing account. Limits were max 4 tickets per match, one match per day, max 40 tickets per household for the whole tournament. A match ticket did not guarantee entry to a host country (visa rules applied separately).
Ticket prices if you win: At launch FIFA stated group-stage tickets from USD 60 up to USD 6,730 for the best final seats; dynamic pricing applied throughout, and resale prices were set by fans on the official marketplace

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Key dates

Wed, 1 Apr 2026Sale opensDone
11 Jun 2026 to 19 Jul 2026Event runsDone
Sun, 19 Jul 2026Sale endsDone

Full guideWorld Cup 2026 tickets: what happened and what is next

Where it stands

As of 7 Sept 2026

Closed.

The tournament finished with the final at MetLife Stadium on 19 Jul 2026 and every official sales channel for it closed with it: the Last-Minute Sales Phase (first-come first-served, 1 Apr 2026 to the final), the official FIFA Resale/Exchange Marketplace, and official hospitality. All ballot and draw phases had closed well before that.

There is nothing left to enter for this tournament. Confirmed again on 27 Jul 2026 against FIFA's own tickets hub, read through FIFA's content API (cxm-api.fifa.com): the hub no longer lists the 2026 tournament at all, carrying only FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Poland 2026 and FIFA Women's Champions Cup Miami 2027.

The next FIFA draws to watch are for the 2027 Women's World Cup and the 2030 men's tournament, which have their own records.

How to buy

Nothing to buy: this tournament is over. While it ran, the routes were first-come first-served purchase at FIFA.com/tickets (last-minute shop: fwc26-shop-usd.tickets.fifa.com), the official FIFA Resale/Exchange Marketplace at fwc26-resale-usd.tickets.fifa.com (open from 2 Oct 2025, listings and purchases until about 60 minutes after each match kick-off per FIFA's ticketing FAQ), and hospitality at fifaworldcup26.hospitality.fifa.com. For the next FIFA tournaments, see the Women's World Cup 2027 record (register of interest open) and the World Cup 2030 record (nothing announced).

Your odds

The draws were massively oversubscribed: FIFA reported more than 1.5 million Visa Presale Draw applications within 24 hours of opening (10 Sep 2025) and over 1 million tickets sold after that phase alone. No odds applied to the final first-come first-served phase; availability for knockouts was scarce throughout.

Good to know

Full official phase history (from FIFA's 'Sales Phases' page, fetched 7 Jul 2026 via FIFA's content API): 1) Visa Presale Draw, entries 10-19 Sep 2025 (random selection, purchase slots assigned from Oct 2025); 2) Early Ticket Draw incl. Domestic Exclusivity period, 27-31 Oct 2025; 3) Random Selection Draw, 11 Dec 2025 to 13 Jan 2026; 4) PMA Supporters phase 11 Dec 2025 to 13 Jan 2026 and PMA Late Qualifier Supporters 1-21 Apr 2026; 5) Last-Minute Sales Phase from 1 Apr 2026 11:00 ET to end of tournament 19 Jul 2026 (fourth and final public phase, single match tickets only).

The record is kept as the phase history for this edition: it is the reference for how FIFA staged a World Cup ticket sale, and the pattern the 2030 and Women's World Cup 2027 records are projected from.

Quick answers

▸Is there a public ticket ballot for FIFA World Cup 2026 (Canada/Mexico/USA)?

Yes. It runs as a free-entry draw (three draw phases, all closed), followed by a first-come first-served last-minute sale; every phase is now over. 1 Apr 2026 to 19 Jul 2026.

▸How much does entering cost?

Free to participate while the tournament ran: the draws had free entry (payment only if selected and purchasing) and the Last-Minute Sales Phase was a direct purchase with no entry fee. Official resale carried a 15% fee for sellers. Nothing is on sale now.

▸Who can enter?

Historic. The Last-Minute Sales Phase was open to anyone with a free FIFA ticketing account. Limits were max 4 tickets per match, one match per day, max 40 tickets per household for the whole tournament. A match ticket did not guarantee entry to a host country (visa rules applied separately).