WORLD CUP 2022
Qatar 2022 World Cup: How much are game tickets and how can can they be bought?
Just a few days before the inaugural football match, here is the World Cup guide to how much a Qatar 2022 ticket costs and where to buy them.
The hum around the Fifa World Cup 2022 is increasing, with just a few days to go before the opening clash between hosts Qatar and Ecuador. The hosts and the masses of football pilgrims will assemble in the Gulf nation for the month-long football festival. Everything looks brighter for the fans after the Qatari authorities allowed free entrance into the country, even for those without game tickets.
World Cup news:
The opening match between Qatar and Ecuador will be played on November 20, and the final game, the 64th in total, will be played on December 18 at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
World Cup 2022 tickets cost
Opening match:
- Category 1 tickets - 2,250 Qatari rials (approximately $617);
- Category 2 - QAR 1,600 ($440);
- Category 3 - QAR 1,100 ($302),
- Category 4 - QAR 200 ($54);
- Accessibility QAR 200 ($54)
Other group stage matches:
- Category 1 - QAR 800 ($220);
- Category 2 - QAR 600 ($165);
- Category 3 - QAR 250 ($69);
- Category 4 - QAR 40 ($10);
- Accessibility QAR 40 ($10)
Round of 16:
- Category 1 - QAR 1,000 ($275);
- Category 2 - QAR 750 ($205);
- Category 3 - QAR 350 (around $96);
- Category 4 - QAR 70 ($19);
- Accessibility QAR 70 ($19)
Quarter-finals:
- Category 1 - QAR 1,550 ($425);
- Category 2 - QAR 1,050 ($288);
- Category 3 - QAR 750 ($205);
- Category 4 - QAR 300 ($82);
- Accessibility QAR 300 ($82)
Semi-finals:
- Category 1 - QAR 3,480 ($955);
- Category 2 - QAR 2,400 ($660);
- Category 3 - QAR 1,300 ($357);
- Category 4 - QAR 500 ($137);
- Accessibility QAR 500 ($137)
Third-place playoff:
- Category 1 - QAR 1,550 ($425);
- Category 2 - QAR 1,100 ($302);
- Category 3 - QAR 750 ($205);
- Category 4 - QAR 300 ($82);
- Accessibility QAR 300 ($82)
Final:
- Category 1 - QAR 5,850 ($1606);
- Category 2 - QAR 3,650 ($1002);
- Category 3 tickets - QAR 2,200 ($605);
- Category 4 - QAR 750 ($205);
- Accessibility QAR 750 ($205)
Tickets availability
According to FIFA, nearly 2.9 million tickets have been bought for the World Cup, with approximately seven percent of seats still unrestricted. Tickets for the general public are obtainable through FIFA’s Main Ticketing Centre at Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre from October 18, 2022.
A small contingent of tickets will still be available for purchase at FIFA.com/tickets.