FIFA said Friday that it had received five million ticket requests in the first 24 hours of the third phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup, despite widespread backlash from supporter groups to the prices being charged.

Prices for matches in the Bay Area for the group games in each category are among the lowest posted by FIFA. It’s important to note that while FIFA offered four categories, Category 4, which in the case of Levi’s covers a tiny green corner of the stadium (see image below), is sold out everywhere because of the extremely limited availability.

Ticket prices released this week by FIFA were, on average, 174 per cent higher than in the original North American bid book.

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to 16 cities across Canada, Mexico and the United States next summer. With 48 teams spread across the three co-host countries, that's a lot of stadiums needed for the 104 matches. Here's how many games are in each of the cities.

The FIFA Intercontinental Cup is the tournament that succeeded the old version of the FIFA Club World Cup. The inaugural 32-team Club World Cup took centre stage in the summer of 2025 and will be played every four years, whereas the Intercontinental Cup will continue to be an annual event that takes place to close out the calendar year.

You can purchase a maximum of four tickets per household for each match, and no more than 40 tickets in total for the entirety of the World Cup, according to FIFA’s FAQs. If you need more than four tickets for a match, FIFA encourages fans to explore hospitality packages.