The random selection ticket draw for the 2026 World Cup opens today. Here’s everything you need to know.
We are now six months away from the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and tickets are going fast.
Those looking to catch the matches live — including the seven games at Gillette Stadium — still have a chance to score tickets –but it won’t be easy.
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Getting tickets takes a few steps. First you need to create a FIFA ID. Go to the FIFA website, click on “register your interest” basically giving some information about who you are and what games you want to see.
At 11 a.m. Thursday you can start to apply for tickets
You can choose however many matches you want within the 40 tickets per household limit- it doesn’t decrease your odds.
But keep in mind, you give credit card information – so if you are randomly selected… you will be charged.
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Your outcomes are varied – you could get all the tickets you apply for, maybe you get some or you don’t get anything.
Also, you won’t find out until February. The random draw opens Thursday and runs through February 13.
Prices are high and not exactly clear but expect to shell out at least “hundreds” per ticket.
If you don’t get anything through FIFA, there is the secondary market.