Lots of World Cup Tickets Are Still Up for Grabs!

What’s Happening with Saturday’s Bronze Medal Match?

Imagine a big game happening on Saturday for the World Cup — it’s called the bronze medal match, which is like the match to decide who gets the third-place trophy. England and France are playing each other!

• Around 7,000 tickets are still listed on Fifa’s (the big group that runs the World Cup) ticket websites for this game.
• The game is in Miami, and it starts at 10:00 PM UK time on Saturday.
• As of Friday at 10:00 AM UK time, the game had NOT completely sold out.

Tickets on General Sale for the Bronze Match

On the normal “buy it new” part of the site:

• 1,246 tickets were still available to everyone.
• Prices were:
  • $865 (about £657)
  • $1,125 (about £855)

Tickets on the Official Resale Platform

Think of the resale platform like a flea market where people who already bought tickets can sell them to others (through Fifa’s official system).

• There were 5,864 tickets available here.
• The cheapest was a “category three” ticket:
  • Face value (original price): $455 (about £346)
  • Plus a 15% fee from Fifa
• Many tickets in the fancier, higher-priced groups were listed for way less than what someone originally paid.

Important Point: A “category one” ticket originally cost $1,125 (£855), but on resale it was listed at a huge discount — only $659 (£500)!

What About Sunday’s World Cup Final?

The Final is the big championship game to decide the winner of the whole thing.

• It was also NOT fully sold out.
• Only 32 of the most expensive tickets were still on general sale.
• These cost between:
  • $29,995 (about £22,796)
  • $32,970 (about £25,057)
• These are normal tickets, NOT fancy VIP tickets.

Final Tickets on the Resale Site

• More than 1,000 tickets were still on Fifa’s resale site.
• Some were listed around their original price plus Fifa’s fee.
• Their original price was $7,380 (about £5,609).
• If you bought one, Fifa would add an extra $1,107 (about £841) as a fee.

Important Point: The most expensive resale ticket for the Final was listed at a wild $2 million (about £1.52 million), plus a Fifa fee of $300,000 (about £228,000)!

A Quick Note on Resale Prices

• Prices on the resale site are set by regular users (fans), not by Fifa.
• These prices do NOT show what people are actually paying in real life.

Summary

To sum it up simply:

• About 7,000 tickets are still available for the England vs France bronze medal match on Saturday.
• The World Cup Final on Sunday isn’t sold out either, with some super pricey tickets left.
• You can find cheaper-than-original tickets on the resale site, but some crazy expensive ones too.
• Resale prices are made by users, so they don’t always match real sales.

FAQ

1. What is the bronze medal match?
It’s the game where two teams play to see who finishes in third place in the World Cup. Here, it’s England vs France.

2. What does “resale platform” mean?
It’s Fifa’s official spot where people who already bought tickets can sell them to other fans.

3. Why are some resale tickets cheaper than original price?
Because the person selling them decides the price, and they may want to sell quickly for less.

4. Are the expensive final tickets VIP?
No, the $29,995–$32,970 tickets are standard tickets, not VIP ones.

5. Does the resale price show what was actually paid?
No, users set the prices, so they don’t directly show real payments.