Over half of 2026 World Cup tickets on the secondary market have seen significant price decreases

Secondary market ticket prices are decreasing in certain cities as the World Cup approaches.

And no, we're not talking about the 60 tickets that FIFA accidentally sold for free earlier this week.

According to data from GameTime, just over half of group stage matches have seen prices on the resale market decline by 20% or more ahead of the first game of the 2026 World Cup on June 12. In fact, there are 13 matches with get-in prices lower than $300 per ticket.

As of Wednesday, the cheapest match to see in person was Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia in Houston on June 26. The cheapest tickets are $157 each. That's one of six games you can see for less than $200 a seat, including two in Santa Clara (Jordan vs. Algeria and Austria vs. Jordan), a game in Philadelphia (Curaçao vs. Côte d'Ivoire), one in Kansas City (Austria vs. Algeria) and another in Atlanta (Czechia vs. South Africa).

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Unsurprisingly, tickets for United States games are not among the cheapest available. It'll cost nearly $1,200 if you want to see the U.S. play Australia in Seattle on June 19. The cheapest U.S. game is against Türkiye in Los Angeles … but that will still run you almost $800.

One of the biggest declines in ticket prices since December's World Cup draw has actually been a game in Toronto featuring Canada. Had Italy made it out of the UEFA World Cup playoffs, the Italians would have faced Canada in the first World Cup game on Canadian soil June 12. However, Italy lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina in penalty kicks and the Bosnians are Canada's first World Cup opponent. Before Italy was eliminated, the cheapest tickets were over $2,000. Now, you can get into the game for $675.

Conversely, the two biggest increases in recent weeks involve games featuring Brazil and Portugal. Getting into those games will take some serious cash. Portugal's game against Colombia in Miami on June 27 has a get-in price just north of $2,700. Only the World Cup Final on July 19 is more expensive.

Brazil's game against Morocco at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, has seen its cheapest ticket increase from just over $1,000 to nearly $1,500.