Fans heading to the World Cup may end up with their dreams ‘in tatters’ due to resales of tickets priced up to £18,000 on unauthorised websites. A ticket for England’s game against Iran was listed on Stubhub for £9,200 — more than 140 times its £65 sale.
Four of the most popular platforms have hosted listings for seats at next month’s tournament in Qatar, the researchers found.banning unauthorised resale sites from selling tickets to games for the FIFA World Cup 2022, which kicks off at the 60,000-capacity Al-Bayt stadium on November 21
Vendors have advertised tickets on Sports Events 365, StubHub, Ticombo and viagogo for FIFA’s showpiece finals. ‘Not only will they likely have to pay massively inflated prices but they could also have their ticket cancelled without notice. It’s a long way to travel to see your World Cup dream, and ticket, end in tatters.’Seats were available across all group games and the knockout stages of the tournament as of September 29, according to NordVPN — including the final, where one ticket on Ticombo was listed for £18,397.
However thousands of seat holders have already tried to cash in ahead of the games, which are expected to draw 1.2 million international spectators to the oil-rich emirate. A FIFA spokesperson said: ‘FIFA regards the illicit sale and distribution of tickets as a serious issue and views the security implications of the unauthorised transfer and/or resale of tickets as being of paramount importance. Therefore, in the past years FIFA has taken legal action against viagogo and other platforms.
‘Tickets purchased via unauthorised distribution channels may be cancelled once identified. FIFA reserves the right to refuse entry to the stadium to any holder of such tickets. During the FIFA World Cup 2022, FIFA and local authorities will conduct admission checks.’Three of the platforms told Metro.co.uk that they were operating entirely legitimately by allowing customers to snap up the last seats.
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