Updated October 8, 2026.
The 2026 World Cup and its ticket sales have ended. Updated July 19, FIFA’s final-phase FAQ explicitly says there are no further purchase opportunities. The fourth and final sales phase ran from April 1 at 11:00 Eastern / 08:00 Pacific until the tournament ended July 19. This is a record of that system, not a notice that tickets for Canadian or US matches can still be bought.
Sales were first come, first served, subject to inventory, with real-time purchases confirmed by email. Access to the platform did not guarantee a chosen match or seat. The official limit was four tickets per household per match and 40 for the tournament, not a separate allowance for each person. Purchases linked to the same postal address on ticketing accounts counted together. Tickets bought in earlier phases also counted; the allowance did not reset in the final phase.
One US-dollar range cannot represent the entire sales period. In its pricing explanation, FIFA described variable pricing, adjusted after reviewing each match’s demand and availability, and said prices were not modified automatically. That is FIFA’s description of its own system. The payment FAQ separately assigned CAD to Canadian residents, MXN to Mexican residents and USD to US and other international residents. Residence, rather than the stadium’s country, determined billing currency; a USD quote was not a Canadian resident’s CAD bill.
The order-change FAQ said completed final-phase purchases could not be changed and sales were final. That did not make resale an automatic refund, nor could one FAQ replace the sale, use and refund terms applicable to an individual case. For a historical payment or ticket dispute, retain the confirmation, order and relevant version of the terms. An archived explanation does not create a cancellation window today.
Ticket Transfer fully assigned ticket rights between FIFA accounts. The recipient could use the ticket, send it to a guest through the mobile-ticket app, transfer it again or list it on the official marketplace. A pending transfer could affect app delivery or visibility: starting a transfer after delivery made the ticket disappear until the transfer was rejected or cancelled. This was a different process from sending someone a screenshot.
The rights of a guest were narrower. Only the original purchaser or a recipient of a full ticket transfer could list a ticket; a guest could not resell it independently. A guest unable to attend was to return it to its owner for reallocation. FIFA also discouraged transfers to third-party platforms or accounts because accepting or cancelling could fail. That process risk is not a finding that all third-party transactions share the same legal status.
The official resale/exchange FAQ recorded a historical deadline of 60 minutes after each match’s kickoff. Canadian, US and other international residents used the Resale Marketplace; Mexican residents used the Exchange Marketplace, subject to applicable terms and regulations. Permission to list did not guarantee a sale, profit or recovery of the original price. Those windows have ended. Our 2026 World Cup archive provides Canadian match and viewing context; these historical procedures should not be applied to the next tournament.