<p>Football's global governing body has raised its top ticket price for the FIFA World Cup 2026 final to $10,990 during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales after the 48-team field for this year's tournament was finalised.</p><p>It may be recalled that the price had been fixed at $8,680 when FIFA sold tickets after the tournament draw in December.</p>.FIFA World Cup 2026 | Iraq's qualification a watershed moment in their history .<p>FIFA's category 2 tickets for the July 19 game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, were $7,380, up from $5,575, and category 3 cost $5,785, an increase of $4,185.</p><p>Tickets were listed for 17 of the 72 group-stage matches by Wednesday night and none of the knockout stage games.</p>.<p>FIFA is using dynamic pricing for the tournament, which will be played in 11 US cities plus three in Mexico and two in Canada.</p><p>Only $2,735 tickets, the highest-priced seats, were available by evening for the US opener on June 12 against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and the price was unchanged from December. No tickets were listed for the Americans' June 19 game against Australia at Seattle or their June 25 match against Turkey at Inglewood.</p><p>Only $2,985 seats were available for the tournament opener between Mexico and Saudi Arabia on June 11 in Mexico City, up from $2,355 in December. And only $2,240 tickets were available for Canada's first game on June 12 against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto, an increase from $2,170.</p><p>FIFA did not announce which games and price categories were available, leaving potential ticket buyers to search themselves on a ticketing site that often took hours to enter.</p><p>The FIFA World Cup 2026, to be co-hosted by USA, Mexico and Canada will be held from June 11 to July 19. </p><p>(With inputs from agencies)</p>
<p>Football's global governing body has raised its top ticket price for the FIFA World Cup 2026 final to $10,990 during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales after the 48-team field for this year's tournament was finalised.</p><p>It may be recalled that the price had been fixed at $8,680 when FIFA sold tickets after the tournament draw in December.</p>.FIFA World Cup 2026 | Iraq's qualification a watershed moment in their history .<p>FIFA's category 2 tickets for the July 19 game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, were $7,380, up from $5,575, and category 3 cost $5,785, an increase of $4,185.</p><p>Tickets were listed for 17 of the 72 group-stage matches by Wednesday night and none of the knockout stage games.</p>.<p>FIFA is using dynamic pricing for the tournament, which will be played in 11 US cities plus three in Mexico and two in Canada.</p><p>Only $2,735 tickets, the highest-priced seats, were available by evening for the US opener on June 12 against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and the price was unchanged from December. No tickets were listed for the Americans' June 19 game against Australia at Seattle or their June 25 match against Turkey at Inglewood.</p><p>Only $2,985 seats were available for the tournament opener between Mexico and Saudi Arabia on June 11 in Mexico City, up from $2,355 in December. And only $2,240 tickets were available for Canada's first game on June 12 against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto, an increase from $2,170.</p><p>FIFA did not announce which games and price categories were available, leaving potential ticket buyers to search themselves on a ticketing site that often took hours to enter.</p><p>The FIFA World Cup 2026, to be co-hosted by USA, Mexico and Canada will be held from June 11 to July 19. </p><p>(With inputs from agencies)</p>