Infantino: All 2026 World Cup matches sold out

All 104 matches of the 2026 World Cup will be “sold out,” according to Gianni Infantino, even though tickets are still available ahead of the tournament’s June 11 kickoff.

“The demand is there. Every match is sold out,” Infantino told CNBC.

Speaking in an interview from Mar-a-Lago, the Florida resort owned by Donald Trump, Infantino said there had been 508 million ticket requests in four weeks for about seven million available tickets.

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He added that requests during the main sales phase in January came from more than 200 countries.

“We’ve never seen anything like that; incredible.” Infantino said, noting that football’s global governing body had kept “some tickets back” for the final sales phase, which will begin in April and run until the end of the tournament on July 19.

Ticket Prices and Dynamic Pricing

Infantino addressed concerns over ticket prices, which supporters’ associations have described as “exorbitant” and which have already reached record levels on resale sites.

“I think it is because it’s in America, Canada and Mexico,” he said. “Everybody wants to be part of something special.

“Ticket prices have been fixed, but you have, in the US in particular, something called dynamic pricing, meaning the prices will go up or down.

“You are able as well to resell your tickets on official platforms and secondary markets, so the prices as well will go up.

“That’s part of the market we are in.”

The 2026 tournament will be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico and will be the first edition expanded to 48 teams.

Revenue and Economic Impact

Infantino estimated that the expanded World Cup would generate $11 billion or more in revenue for FIFA, adding that “every dollar” would be reinvested in football across its 211 member associations.

He also projected that the tournament would contribute around $30 billion to the US economy through tourism, catering, security investments and related activities.

In addition to an expected seven million spectators, Infantino said the World Cup could attract between 20 and 30 million tourists and create about 185,000 full-time jobs.

“It’s a big impact,” he said. “I hope this impact will not just be limited to the World Cup but also for the future as well.”

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