"Soccer fans have accused FIFA of a "monumental betrayal" after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday.The governing body allocates 8% of tickets to national associations for games involving their team to sell to the most loyal fans.And a list published by the German soccer federation revealed prices ranged from $180-$700 for varying group stage games. The lowest price for the final was $4,185 and the highest was $8,680."
"Those group-stage prices are very different from FIFA's claims of $60 tickets being available, while the target from United States soccer officials when bidding for the tournament seven years ago was to offer hundreds of thousands of $21 seats across the opening phase of games.Fan organization Football Supporters Europe (FSE) described the current prices as "extortionate." "This is a monumental betrayal of the tradition of the World Cup, ignoring the contribution of supporters to the spectacle it is," it said in a statement."
"The English Football Association shared pricing information with the England Supporters Travel Club (ESTC) on Thursday evening, which showed that if a fan bought a ticket for every game through to the final it would cost just over $7,000.FIFA said in September that tickets released through its website would initially range from $60 for group-stage matches to $6,730 for the final. But those prices are subject to change as it adopts dynamic pricing for the first time at the World Cup."
FIFA allocates 8% of World Cup tickets to national associations for matches involving their teams, and a German federation list shows group-stage prices from $180 to $700. Final tickets on that list range from $4,185 to $8,680. Those group-stage prices differ sharply from FIFA's earlier $60 group-stage range and the U.S. bid target of hundreds of thousands of $21 seats. Football Supporters Europe described the prices as "extortionate" and called the pricing a "monumental betrayal." The English FA's figures show a fan buying tickets for every game through to the final would pay just over $7,000. FIFA has implemented dynamic pricing and uses ticket categories to determine seat quality.
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