FIFA announces end of second phase of World Cup ticket sales

CAIRO – 3 April 2018: FIFA announced the end of the second phase of ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which launched on March 13.

FIFA said in a statement posted on its official website that Russian fans got the largest part of the second phase of the World Cup tickets, which amounted to a total of 394,433 tickets, as fans of the hosting team got 53 percent of the tickets.

Russia came first, followed by America with 16,462 tickets and Argentina with 15,000. A total of 698,000 tickets have been sold since ticket sales began in September.

The third and final phase of the World Cup tickets sale will take place between April 18 and July 15 at the end of the World Cup, as tickets will be sold at offices in Russia's cities, as well as through the FIFA website.

The total number of tickets for the World Cup, scheduled to be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, is about 2.5 million tickets.