2018 World Cup: nearly 1.7 million tickets allocated, 68% of the total (2.5 million)

A total of 1,698,049 tickets or 68% of the 2.5 million available tickets for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, have been purchased by football fans from around the world since sales began on 14/09/2018, "with the overall international demand accounting for 53%," announced FIFA on 03/04/2018.

"During the first-come, first-served sales (phase 2) window, which opened on 13/03/2018 (ended on 03/04/2018), a total of 394,433 tickets were allocated to fans across the world. Most of the tickets during this sales period were allocated to Russian fans (216,134, 54.8%), followed by fans from USA (16,462), Argentina (15,006), Colombia (14,755), Mexico (14,372), Brazil (9,962), Peru (9,766), China (6,598), Germany (5,974), Australia (5,905) and India (4,509)," added FIFA.

"The last-minute sales phase will commence on 18/04/2018 at 12:00 Moscow time (11:00 CET) at FIFA.com/tickets. From then until the end of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, fans will have their last opportunity to purchase tickets online for FIFA’s flagship event on a first-come, first-served basis (subject to availability)," said FIFA.