2018 World Cup in Russia: ticket sales resume on a first-come, first-served basis

Ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup have resumed on FIFA.com/tickets on a first-come, first-served basis, on 16/11/2017 at 12:00 Moscow time (10:00 CET), FIFA reported on 14/11/2017. All 32 qualified countries have now been decided after Peru's victory over New Zealand (2-0) on the 15/11/2017 local time (see list below of qualified countries and composition of the pots for the draw on 01/12/2017).

"Some 3,496,204 tickets had initially been requested (for the 64 matches of the XXI 2018 World Cup in Russia) with many ticket products and matches being heavily oversubscribed, requiring the allocation of tickets through a random selection draw process carried out in the presence of a public notary. A total of 622,117 tickets were successfully allocated (subject to payment, a rate of 17.8% satisfied applications) upon conclusion of the first window of sales phase 1 on 12/10/2017," announced FIFA.

57% of the tickets were awarded to Russian fans. Of the 43% allocated outside of Russia, American, Chinese, German, Brazilian, Israeli, English, Finnish, Mexican and French fans were the most…