FIFA accidentally sold free 2026 World Cup tickets to 60 fans, now they’re asking them to pay up
FIFA mistakenly sold free tickets to 60 fans for the 2026 World Cup due to a website error. After confirming the tickets, FIFA canceled the orders and asked the fans to pay the full price within a week. This incident adds to the ongoing controversies surrounding ticket pricing for the tournament.
- ▪Approximately 60 fans received tickets for free due to a payment-processing error on FIFA's website.
- ▪FIFA reversed the ticket allocations and required fans to pay the original price within seven days.
- ▪The tickets were for group-stage matches in Toronto featuring various national teams.
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Soccer FIFA accidentally sold free 2026 World Cup tickets to 60 fans, now they’re asking them to pay up By Michael Duarte Published June 4, 2026, 11:17 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google The road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup has already delivered sticker shock for fans. The exorbitant ticket prices, scams and price-gouging controversies have already led to investigations from state attorneys general. Bloomberg via Getty Images This week, it took another interesting and even stranger turn: free tickets. Roughly 60 soccer fans believed they’d hit the jackpot when they received the greatest bargain in World Cup history by having to pay nothing for tickets. But not so fast.
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