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Fans apply for 1.2 million World Cup tickets in 24 hours

Posted by Genevieve Lewis
on 21st January 2022

Some 1.2 millions tickets were requested for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in the first 24 hours after applications were made available. The initial sales period started on Wednesday, with Qatari...

FIFA reveals first timeline for 2022 World Cup tickets sales

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 22nd June 2021

Tickets for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar are set to go on sale in January, the Associated Press reports. The announcement comes as the governing body for world football became aware of Qatar�...

Tags: Fifa World Cup, Qatar 2022, Sales, Vaccinations

Record hospitality sales targets for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 1st February 2021

FIFA and partner Match Hospitality are expecting record income from hospitality sales ahead of next year’s World Cup in Qatar after agents committed to more than $260m in sales targets. Hospital...

Tags: Fifa, Fifa World Cup, Hospitality, Match Hospitality, Qatar 2022

FIFA promises continued push for female access in Iran

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 10th October 2019

FIFA says the presence of female fans at today’s (Thursday) World Cup qualifier in Iran is just the start of a push towards greater accessibility for women at stadiums in the country. Joyce Cook,...

Tags: Access, Discrimination, female, Fifa, Fifa World Cup, Iran, Qatar 2022

Iran’s capped ticket allocation for women sells out

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 7th October 2019

Iranian female football fans have snapped up all 3,500 tickets for the men’s game against Cambodia, with the entire allocated section for women in Tehran’s 90,000-capacity Azadi Stadium being sold...

Tags: Fifa World Cup, Human Rights Watch, Iran, Women

SEC fines firm millions in 2014 World Cup ticket case

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 13th May 2019

Telefonica Brasil has been fined $4.1m (£3.2m/€3.6m) to settle charges made against it for its handling of ticket purchases and a hospitality programme it ran during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The...

Tags: Fifa World Cup, SEC, Telefonica Brasil

FIFA bans former ExCo member for bribery offences, illegal ticket resale

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 14th March 2019

World football’s governing body FIFA has banned former Executive Committee member Rafael Salguero in the latest case connected to ticketing for the World Cup. Salguero, former president of the Gu...

Tags: Concacaf, Fifa, Fifa World Cup, Football, Rafael Salguero, ticket resale

FIFA member under scrutiny in ticketing allegations

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 1st August 2018

Ramon Jesurun, president of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), is under investigation for allegedly illegally reselling 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying tickets and embezzlement. Jesurun is...

Tags: Colombia, Embezzlement, Fifa World Cup, Inflated Price, Investigation, Price, Qualifiers, Ramon Jesurun, Resale, Ticketshop, Tu TicketYa.com

England fans look to resale sites for semi tickets

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 9th July 2018

Thousands of England fans are desperately trawling resale sites for the chance to watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final match against Croatia on Wednesday. After host country Russia exited the ...

Tags: England, Fifa World Cup, Resale, Russia 2018, semi final, World Cup

Fan ID loophole could push ticketless fans to Russia

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 28th June 2018

The Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) said it hopes more England fans will travel to Russia following the exposure of a loophole in the Fan ID system. The FSF has been able to obtain a number...

Tags: England, Fan ID, Fifa World Cup, Football Supporters' Federation, FSF, Russia 2018

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