England fans heading to the 2026 World Cup in North America have learned how much it will cost them to watch Thomas Tuchel’s side in the group stages and later rounds
England fans at the World Cup qualifier against Latvia(Image: PA)
Outraged football fans have accused FIFA of a “monumental betrayal” after it emerged the CHEAPEST tickets for next summer’s World Cup final will cost a staggering £3,120. And England supporters will have to fork out a minimum of £200 to watch Thomas Tuchel’s side take on Croatia in their opening group game.
That will be for a so-called ‘value tier’ seat in the 100,000-capacity stadium in Dallas with the price of a ‘standard tier’ ticket coming in at £373. A ‘premier tier’ ticket will cost an eye-watering £523. For an opening group game.
Those figures are for tickets bought through the ‘participant member allocation’ (PMA) – in other words, for those who get their tickets through the official England Supporters Travel Club (ESTC). News of the PMA ticket-price scale has outraged supporters’ groups around the world.
Football Supporters Europe (FSE) said that based on the information it so far had available, fans faced paying over £6,000 to attend every match from the first game to the final via the PMA allocation – FIVE TIMES more than they would have paid to do so at Qatar 2022.
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“Football Supporters Europe is astonished by the extortionate ticket prices imposed by FIFA on the most dedicated supporters for next year’s FIFA World Cup,” a statement said. “This is a monumental betrayal of the tradition of the World Cup, ignoring the contribution of supporters to the spectacle it is.
“We call on FIFA to immediately halt PMA ticket sales, engage in a consultation with all impacted parties, and review ticket prices and category distribution until a solution that respects the tradition, universality, and cultural significance of the World Cup is found.”
Following England from the first match of Euro 2024 to the final with tickets in the ‘fan first’ category would have cost £328 according to information published by UEFA in the autumn of 2023. Even tickets in the next category up would have cost a total of £753.
Ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup
England fans’ group Free Lions posted on X to say it backed FSE’s statement, adding that these were “shocking prices, above and beyond the already high costs we suspected”.
“This can’t be allowed to happen,” the group added. “Match-goers across the world deserve protection from these rip-off prices,” the group’s statement added.
Tickets for England’s group matches against Panama and Ghana start at £134 with the cheapest available for round of 32 and 16 matches coming in at £175 and £200. And the lowest-priced ticket for a quarter-final involving England will be £508, followed by £687 for a semi-final seat.
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