Since the night of last Wednesday, May 20, on social networks there has been went viral a screenshot showing that the tickets for the match between the teams of Saudi Arabia and Cape Verdecorresponding to Group H of the 2026 World Cup, are sold at US$7 (Q56) each due to low demand in Houston, Texas.
“I think we have a new record. Tickets for the game between Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia are sold at US$6.94 (Q55.50)“, wrote an Austrian fan on the X platform, so that his publication generated surprise and dozens of comments on social networks, mainly because the tickets cost US$138 (Q966).
“Was it a mistake of the system or is it a fake image?” asked one of the Internet users, before the screenshot was replicated around the world and caused outrage among dozens of fans due to the difference in prices between some games, since certain tickets are resold for US$6,730 (Q47,110) on the sales platform.
Likewise, since the beginning of the marketing of World Cup tickets, whose original prices were around US$60 (Q480)controversy arose on social networks for allowing the resale and by the price system dynamicbecause this mechanism adjusts the value of the tickets according to the demand within the official platform.
Error or lie?
The teams of Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia will face each other next Friday 26 June at the NRG Stadium in Houston for the third date of the group stage, so the match could define whether two or three teams of Group H They reach the round of 32, although the favorites to lead the group are Uruguay and Spain.
Faced with this scenario, the Resale and Exchange Market is available for those interested in this match that will be played in Texasbecause only tickets originally purchased on the website can be published. official platform of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) for the 2026 World Cup.
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In accordance with what is stated by FIFA, prices may vary depending on the type of ticket, so the organization warned that there is no warranty that an offered ticket will be resold or exchanged, because the operation will depend on the demand from other users. For that reason, each reseller can modify their offer.
Given this situation, after verifying that the cheapest tickets for the match between Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia currently cost, at least, US$149 (Q1 thousand 136)the Austrian fan who bought a ticket to US$7 (Q56) He indicated on social networks that “this was clearly a mistake from whoever tried to resell this ticket.”
Expensive tickets still on sale
According to the American newspaper Los Angeles Timestickets for most 2026 World Cup group stage matches remain available to the general public with just one remaining 20 days so that the tournament begins next June 11 in Mexico City, with the match between South Africa and the local team.
This is because the prices have been cataloged as “exorbitantly high”to the point that for the debut of USA in view of Paraguay in California tickets are offered at US$4 thousand (Q31 thousand), while the most cheap They are around US$394 (Q3 thousand), although they correspond to matches with lower demand, such as those in the Ivory Coast.
We have a new record.
Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia
$6.94 pic.twitter.com/iqm9iDUNH4— Florian Ederer (@florianederer) May 21, 2026