the second phase of ticket sales opens amid discontent from supporters

The second ticket sales period for the 2022 World Cup opened on Tuesday April 5 and will last until April 28. If no specific number of places available has been indicated, the International Football Federation (Fifa) has communicated to expect a “strong demand“, a few days after the draw of the groups.

This is a new phase with “random selection procedure for ticket allocation“, specified Fifa. This means that in the event of demand exceeding the number of tickets available for a match, a draw will define the allocation of places. Their price is included, according to the categories linked to placements in the stadiums. , between 63 euros for group matches and 1610 euros for the final.

This new phase notably opens the sale of tickets to supporters. A number of supporter groups have expressed their disapproval of the sales and logistics conditions. Ddirector of the Football Supporters Europe association, (network of European football supporters), Ronan Evain regrets on France Info that the “tickets (…) are the most expensive in the history of the competition. We are on average on an increase of 46% compared to Russia and we add to that the fact that we have a virtual monopoly of Qatar Airways on flights to Qatar and flights that are quite expensive.” Iassociation of supporters of the French team, the Irresistibles Français also denounces, “a World of rich, TikTok and Instagram influencers“.

The vice-president of this association, Anne Costes, evokes major logistical and financial problems linked to this World Cup in an interview for Franceinfo:sport: “During the last events, our association took care of booking group accommodation. It is currently impossible, given the organization put in place by Qatar“. In addition to these logistical and financial difficulties, many denounce the working conditions of the workers on the World Cup sites.