Want to attend FIFA Men's World Cup games in Seattle? Get ready to shell out plenty of cash if you get your ticket request fulfilled.

Football Supporters Europe (FSE) has called on FIFA to immediately halt sales of national team allocations for next year's World Cup, accusing football's governing body of imposing "extortionate" ticket prices that risk shutting ordinary fans out of the tournament.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will feature 48 nations for the first time. Here's how the tournament will play out with 16 more teams.

Fans at a 2025 FIFA Club World Cup semifinal flood the parking lots outside MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, which will host the 2026 World Cup final Al Bello / Getty Images FIFA is selling parking spots near 2026 World Cup stadiums for between $75 and $175 ...

The change comes after heat and humidity affected players during some games at last year’s Club World Cup in the United States.

42 teams have already qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 33 of them are ranked in the Top 50. Spain has topped the rankings since overtaking Argentina in September 2025. Four of the remaining six spots in the World Cup will be filled by nations from the European playoffs.

Holland America Line and Seabourn announced that they have secured the rights from IMG to broadcast the FIFA World Cup across their fleets in 2026. According to separate press releases, guests onboard the companies’ ships will be able to watch all of the tournament’s 104 matches.

Lego and FIFA announced a new partnership unveiling a life-size Lego replica of the World Cup trophy, built from 2,842 bricks and matching the original’s 36.8-centimeter height.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged FIFA to do more after the world governing body introduced cheaper World Cup tickets for a small number of fans following an outcry over pricing.