If you have not yet had success in obtaining tickets via the FIFA website but are determined to get your hands on some tickets for a World Cup match in South Africa next year, our message to you, is be careful and keep trying at FIFA.
It was reported in September that up to 100 websites were selling tickets that don´t exist and as the event gets closer more and more of these websites are going to appear with the same promise of tickets for matches you thought impossible to get.
So, our message to be careful is an important one. Some of these websites will look very much like they have the tickets or that they are authorized to sell tickets and they might even advertise this fact - it doesn´t mean that they are or that they can.
Where to buy tickets?
Your first port of call should be the FIFA website. Phase three of the ticketing process has begun and it closes on January 22nd. After that, you only have two more phases to get tickets through FIFA and this will be the cheapest and most effective way for individual tickets.
Tour operators selling World Cup tickets
FIFA have also approved a large number of tour operators all over the world to sell tickets as part of a package. If you are looking for travel and accommodation with a ticket there are a number of companies that can arrange this for you.
Fortunately, FIFA have also created a list of approved tour operators and you can view that list here. If you want to be confident that you are buying a ticket from an approved supplier then you must check this list. If they are not listed they are not approved - check the list first!
Bling bling: Going corporate hospitality
There is one more option and this is the best way to attend a match, but at the same time, the most expensive. However, if you´ve got it and it´s spare, you just have to go this route.
MATCH Hospitality is FIFA's worldwide ´exclusive rights holder´ of the Official Hospitality Programe for the World Cup next year in South Africa and as such they have, as of today, tickets for every match and you get to go in style. The best seats, top of the line catering, bar service, dedicated parking, entertainment and gifts are all provided.
If you are interested in this package then the only place you can get this is here. Do not plan this type of package with any other company.
How much? I´ll give you £50: The black market
This will happen, nobody can stop it. From outside the stadium to online - there will be promises of a ticket at a really good price, but again, be very careful as chances are, they wont be real tickets.
First things first - nobody will get their tickets delivered to their door, they have to be picked up in South Africa, with the card used to purchase them. So even if you did find that elusive ticket for England v USA on eBay, you´d have to be in South Africa to stand any chance of getting your hands on it and then there is every likelihood it will be a fake.
Fake Tickets for World Cup matches?
Yes, there will be fake tickets and at the end of the day, that is why FIFA have put in place an authorized tour operator list and a number of phases for you to buy tickets online.
If you don´t manage to get your ticket through one of the above authorised methods then chances are you are not going to get one.
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