FIFA World Cup 26™ tickets: Visa Presale Draw entry period closes within 24 hours
- Entry period for the first ticket phase – the Visa Presale Draw – is open via FIFA.com/tickets, and closes at 11 am ET (17:00 CET) on 19 September
- Timing of a fan’s entry into the Visa Presale Draw during the entry period will not impact the fan’s chances of success
- Additional information is available to fans on FIFA.com, while multimedia assets can be downloaded for editorial purposes on the FIFA Digital Hub
Fans eager to witness the greatest FIFA World Cup™ yet in person have less than 24 hours remaining to act during the tournament’s first ticket sales phase. The Visa Presale Draw entry period will close at 11 am ET (17:00 CET) on Friday, 19 September.
The Visa Presale Draw opened last Wednesday, 10 September and received more than 1.5 million ticket draw applications within 24 hours of opening. Thanks to FIFA’s Official Payment Technology Partner, qualifying Visa cardholders can still enter the draw until the entry period closes on Friday. Timing of a fan’s entry into the Visa Presale Draw during the entry period will not impact the fan’s chances of success.
After a randomised selection process, applicants will be notified via email starting from 29 September. Successful applicants will be given a date and time slot to purchase tickets (subject to availability), with time slots starting from 1 October. A successful draw application does not guarantee that tickets will be available for purchase during the time slot. When ticket sales start, single match tickets to all 104 matches will be made available. Tickets for the group stage matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026 will start at USD 60 at the start of the sale. Additionally, venue-specific tickets and team-specific tickets will also be made available.
Further ticket sales will be launched in the coming months, giving all fans the opportunity to apply to experience this unprecedented tournament. Fans who are not eligible to be part of the Visa Presale Draw, were unsuccessful in the draw or would like to make additional purchases will be able to do so in subsequent sales phases. The additional ticket sales phases will begin in October 2025, through to the final match on Sunday, 19 July 2026.
Further information on the Visa Presale Draw process and pricing, as well as details of additional ticket sales phases, can be found on FIFA.com. The FIFA Digital Hub contains multimedia assets for the media to download for editorial purposes, including video material and graphics explaining the sales process to fans, as well as interviews with representatives from national teams who have already booked their tickets.
Participation in the Visa Presale Draw is subject to the Official Rules of the Visa Presale Draw. Fans must be 18 or older, and no purchase is necessary to enter or win.
Single-match and multi-match hospitality packages, inclusive of match tickets, are already available to purchase at FIFA.com/hospitality. As always, FIFA encourages fans to purchase tickets only through FIFA.com/tickets, the official and preferred source of FIFA World Cup tickets. Hospitality packages and tickets sourced from unofficial sales channels may not be valid.
