WC ticket sales approach 2.5m

A total of 2.45 million tickets have been sold for this year’s World Cup in Qatar after over half a million were snapped up in the latest sales period, organisers announced on Thursday.

World football’s governing body FIFA said that 520,532 were sold in the period between July 5 and August 16.

FIFA stated that the most popular games for ticket sales include Brazil’s group-phase encounters against Cameroon and Serbia, Portugal’s meeting with Uruguay, Costa Rica’s clash with Germany, and Australia against Denmark. 

There are 3,010,679 tickets available altogether, with FIFA saying a “last-minute” sales period will open in the run-up to the start of the tournament at a date still to be confirmed. – AFP