Over 500 million ticket requests for 2026 FIFA World Cup

January 15 – FIFA has confirmed that more than 500 million ticket requests were submitted during the first Random Selection Draw phase for this summer’s World Cup.

The application window, which ran for just over a month between mid-December and mid-January, reportedly attracted requests from fans in all 211 FIFA member association territories.

FIFA said applications averaged around 15 million per day in an effort to underline both the scale of interest and the pressure points that...