By Rory Carroll

LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 (Reuters) – FIFA received five million requests for World Cup 2026 tickets in the first 24 hours of the latest sales phase, soccer’s world ‍governing body said on Friday, despite an outcry from fan groups this week about high prices for the tournament.

Fans from more than 200 countries and territories applied via FIFA.com for seats at the first 48-team World Cup, which will be staged across the United States, Canada and ‌Mexico from June 11 to July 19, 2026, ‌FIFA said.

Football Supporters Europe (FSE) on Thursday called on FIFA to immediately halt sales of national team allocations, accusing the governing body of imposing “extortionate” ticket prices that risk shutting ordinary fans out of the tournament.

Ticket prices had jumped five-fold from the

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