2026 World Cup continues to set milestones before it begins. With less than five months to go before kickoff, FIFA confirmed that it received more than 500 million ticket requests during the first sales phase by random draw, an unprecedented figure in the history of soccer.
The registration period was open for 33 days, between December 11, 2025 and January 13, 2026, and recorded an average of 15 million requests per day, all linked to different credit cards. According to the organization, it was a global call, with requests coming from all the countries and territories that make up FIFA's 211 member associations.
In addition to the three host countries, the largest volume of requests was concentrated in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, and Colombia, reflecting the massive interest in a World Cup that will be the largest in history.
