Can you still get FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets?

Can you still buy tickets this week?

Yes. FIFA's Last-Minute Sales Phase is the fourth and final selling phase, and it has run since 1 April 2026. It closes at the end of the tournament, on the day of the final, 19 July 2026. There is no lottery and no results to wait for: you buy first come, first served, in real time, subject to availability.

To take part you need a free FIFA ticketing account at FIFA.com/tickets, the only official primary source, and setting it up costs nothing. Know the limits before you start: a maximum of 4 tickets per match, one match per day, and a maximum of 40 tickets per household across the whole tournament. To buy more than 4 for a single match you would move to official hospitality, a different and far more expensive product (more below).

Because this is a sale and not a draw, timing is everything. FIFA has said last-minute tickets can be bought up to around 20 minutes after kickoff, subject to availability, so a match that shows nothing now can reappear later if holders release seats.

One warning that catches people out: a match ticket does not guarantee entry to a host country. The USA, Canada and Mexico each set their own visa and entry rules, separate from your ticket. Sort travel and entry before you spend, not after.

How did we get here: the draws that already happened

If you are hunting for a World Cup 2026 ticket lottery or draw to enter, the honest answer is that you have missed them: every draw phase is closed. Here is the full sequence, so you know why.

FIFA sold World Cup 2026 tickets in four phases. It opened with the Visa Presale Draw (entries 10 to 19 September 2025), a random selection with purchase slots handed out from October. Then came the Early Ticket Draw in late October 2025, the Random Selection Draw from December 2025 into January 2026, and dedicated windows for supporters of qualified teams. The fourth and last phase is the Last-Minute Sales Phase covered above, the only one still open.

Demand was enormous: FIFA reported more than 1.5 million Visa Presale Draw applications within 24 hours of opening, and over 1 million tickets sold after that first phase alone. That is why the final week feels so tight. The upside for anyone arriving late is that a first-come sale is, in one way, fairer than a draw, with no application to lose and no results email to wait on. The catch is that the biggest matches are the ones most likely to show as unavailable. The full phase history and sources sit on our World Cup 2026 tickets page; if you missed the draws entirely, our what to do after missing a ballot guide covers the official fallbacks that apply to any event.

What about the final specifically?

The final at MetLife Stadium in New York and New Jersey on 19 July 2026 is the single scarcest, most expensive ticket of the tournament, and no one can promise you one. What is true: FIFA's own ticketing site is the only place that shows what has actually been released, and holders release seats right up to and even shortly after kickoff.

Expect to pay a lot. At launch FIFA quoted final seats up to USD 6,730, and FIFA prices this tournament dynamically, so what remains in the final week will not be cheaper. Availability moves in real time as seats are released, so treat anything you see as a snapshot, not a promise: final tickets do surface on the official platform, at a price. To be in the building, keep the official page open and ready to move. Do not hand money to anyone claiming a "guaranteed" final ticket somewhere else.

Is there a paid but legitimate route?

Two, and both sit above the free route on price, not on priority. First, official hospitality packages are still on sale through FIFA's official hospitality provider. These bundle premium seats with a matchday experience and are the only legitimate way past the 4-tickets-per-match cap, but they cost far more than face value.

Second, FIFA runs its own official Resale / Exchange Marketplace for tickets first bought on FIFA.com/tickets. This is the only official resale platform: fans list tickets they can no longer use, and others buy them through FIFA's own system, not a third-party site. It is the safe way to pick up a released ticket, and where to look before any unofficial reseller. Neither is the headline: the free Last-Minute Sales Phase is still the first thing to check, and these are the clearly labelled, more expensive fallbacks.

How do you avoid final-week scams?

This is the peak week for World Cup ticket scams, and the pattern is always the same. The rule that keeps you safe is short: the only official primary source is FIFA.com/tickets, and the only official resale is FIFA's own Resale / Exchange Marketplace. Everything else is a risk.

Red flags to walk away from this week:

• Anyone advertising "guaranteed" final or semi-final tickets outside FIFA's platform. FIFA cannot guarantee them, so no one else can either.
• Sellers on social media, messaging apps or forum DMs offering tickets fan-to-fan. There is no buyer protection there, and a screenshot proves nothing.
• Any request to pay by bank transfer, gift card or cryptocurrency. Legitimate ticketing does not ask for those; they exist because they cannot be reversed.

Because 2026 tickets are digital and tied to conditions FIFA sets, a ticket bought outside official channels can simply be cancelled, leaving you with nothing at the turnstile. When a deal looks easier or cheaper than the official route, that is the signal to stop. Our guide to how ticket ballots work goes deeper on spotting fakes.

Missed 2026: what about 2030 and the Women's World Cup 2027?

If this final week has convinced you to plan ahead, two tournaments are next, and one you can act on today.

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 in Brazil (24 June to 25 July 2027) has its registration of interest open now: a free FIFA account lets you register to be notified when a sales phase is announced. No ballot or sale has opened yet, and the sales model is not confirmed, but going by the 2026 and 2023 cycles the first phase is likely around late 2026 or early 2027 (an estimate, not an official date). Registering interest is the low-effort way to not miss it.

The FIFA World Cup 2030, co-hosted across Spain, Portugal and Morocco with centenary matches in South America, has nothing announced at all: no dates, no register-of-interest, no ballot. Based only on the 2026 pattern, a first sales phase around late 2029 (roughly nine months out) is a rough estimate, no more.

The simplest way to be early next time is to let the dates come to you. Our free calendar is unconditional: no signup, no payment, and it updates itself as official windows are confirmed. You can also watch the live picture on our FIFA World Cup 2030 and Women's World Cup 2027 pages, or see everything open now.