Inconveniently, Iran have also qualified for the World Cup finals. When the first batch of World Cup tickets were placed on the market in October, words like ‘astonishing’ and ‘unacceptable’ were bandied around to describe the pricing structure. Morally, I’m uncomfortable with Trump world anyway, and the pricing of tickets allied to the paltry allocation to competing nations made my mind up. A Category 3 ticket for Uruguay vs Cape Verde on the same site, meanwhile, is currently up for sale for $977,500 (£737,000). “But this is not the USA Cup, it’s the World Cup.

Source: BBC April 11, 2026 12:51 UTC