Tickets for the playoff in Mexico, which will determine two of the final World Cup spots, are being sold by FIFA for less than $17, much less than the $4,185 to $8,680 being charged by FIFA for this year’s final in New Jersey.
FIFA began ticket sales on Tuesday for the games on March 26 and 31 in Guadalajara and Monterrey. Bolivia, Congo, JamaicaNew Caledonia and suriname.
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Tickets cost 200 Mexican pesos ($11.30) for the March 26 semi-finals and 300 Mexican pesos ($16.95) for the March 31 final.
In Guadalajara, Jamaica plays New Caledonia on March 26 and the winner plays Congo on March 31 for a berth in the World Cup.
In Monterrey, Bolivia faces Suriname on March 26 and the winner will face Iraq five days later.
Following global criticism from fan groups, FIFA said in December It will offer a few hundred $60 tickets to each game in the tournament to the 48 national federations. Those federations will decide how to distribute them to their most loyal fans who attended previous games.
Most seats on FIFA’s ticket resale platform – trying to eliminate the secondary market and earn FIFA an additional 15% fee from buyers and sellers – are well beyond the $1,000 mark.
FIFA has about 7 million seats to fill for World Cup matches and last month it received requests for 500 million tickets. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced that all 104 games have been sold out and yet some fans received emails last week offering an additional 48-hour window for ticket sales.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
