As the 2026 World Cup enters its final handful of matches, ticket prices have been dropping considerably over the past week.
According to TicketData.com, which tracks prices across a number of third-party resellers, prices for all seven remaining matches (three quarterfinals, two semifinals, the third-place match and final) had dropped anywhere from 25% to 70% over the past week as of Friday, July 10.
That drop is fueled in part by the elimination of all three host countries in the round of 16.
The match with the largest price drop over the past seven days is the quarterfinal between Spain and Belgium in Los Angeles on Friday, July 10.
That match could have seen the U.S. face Spain, but after Belgium's 4-1 win over the host country on Monday, July 6, prices for the quarterfinal have fallen an average of 70% over the past seven days.
But it's also not the case the price drop has made tickets cheap: The get-in price for Spain vs. Belgium remains over $1,100 as of Friday morning.
Saturday's quarterfinal between England and Norway in Miami has seen its average price drop 46% over the past seven days.
That is partially due to England's win over Mexico in the round of 16. Though England travels well, the demand for a Mexico quarterfinal in Miami would have likely been higher due to the massive El Tri fan base in the United States.
The get-in price for the England match against Norway was still over $2,100 as of Friday morning.
According to FIFA, more than 6.2 million fans had attended matches as of the conclusion of the round of 16. That figure meant 99.7% of available seats were filled, with an average crowd size of 65,204 per match.
Prices for 2026 World Cup games have been a major pain point for fans since tickets first went on sale in the fall.
Last month, FIFA president Gianni Infantino defended the high cost of tickets by claiming they are justified in the U.S. market.
"We have to look at the market – we are in the market in which entertainment is the most developed in the world. So we have to apply market rates," Infantino said at a conference.
Source: USA Today
