Qatar 2022: The fierce fight for the 200,000 tickets left for the upcoming FIFA World Cup

The euphoria to attend the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 detonated with the launch of the last ticket sales phase. Find out in this story how the fight to get one of the last available tickets is being lived.

FIFA ignited fans around the world who dream of being part of the next World Cup live. After two successful ticket sales phases, the last chance to purchase tickets for Qatar 2022 was launched on July 5. Only 200,000 tickets were still up for sale. 

So, from the date indicated (July 5) until August 16 at 12:00 pm (Doha time), the purchase window, the last opportunity to purchase tickets for Qatar 2022, will be open, the question is: will there be any tickets still available for that date?

Because the public response was voracious in the first two phases of official ticket sales for the upcoming World Cup. Simply put, and according to figures released by FIFA, 40 million ticket requests were received during the first two ticket sales. 

Again, according to data released by FIFA, there were 3 million tickets available for Qatar 2022. Of that amount, 1 million was to be destined for FIFA itself and its sponsors and commercial partners. Thus, only 2 million tickets were destined to be open for sale to the public.

According to the announcement made by soccer's world governing body, after 40 million ticket applications received during the two official ticket sales phases, 1.8 million World Cup tickets were already sold, resulting in the figure of 200,000 tickets available for the last sales phase.

Unlike the two phases that preceded it, this third official round of ticket sales for Qatar 2022 was different... and voracious. Fans had become accustomed to the previous system, in which ticket requests were received