The Football Supporters Europe group filed a lawsuit on Tuesday with the European Commission against football’s world governing body, FIFA, over “excessive ticket prices” for this year’s World Cup finals.
The FSE and the Euroconsumers group said the tickets for the June 11-July 19 tournament in the US, Canada, and Mexico were overpriced and complained that FIFA has a monopoly over the sales.
“Euroconsumers and Football Supporters Europe (FSE) have filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against FIFA, alleging that the football body has abused its monopoly position to impose excessive ticket prices and opaque and unfair purchasing conditions and processes on European fans ahead of the 2026 World Cup,” the FSE said in a statement.
“FIFA holds a monopoly over ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup and has used that power to impose conditions on fans that would never be acceptable in a competitive market,” the group added.
The FSE said the prices for the final were way above those for the 2022 final in Qatar.
“The cheapest openly available final tickets now start at $4,185—more than seven times the cost of the cheapest 2022 World Cup final ticket,” they said.
By contrast, it said the cheapest UEFA Euro 2024 final tickets were 95 euros ($100).
