The Club World Cup will start this Saturday (14/06), with the game between Inter Miami x Al Ahly. Despite the opportunity to closely see a player like Lionel Messi, the initial match of the new tournament organized by FIFA does not seem to have fallen into the fun of the fans.
The inaugural game will take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, and according to information from The Athletic, there are still thousands of tickets available to the site, which houses 65,326 fans. Other reports report that less than 20,000 tickets had been sold – information denied by FIFA, which stated that the number would be much higher without specifying.
Whatever the number of tickets sold, it seems to be much smaller than expected by FIFA, which has created measures to have a more crowded stadium in the first match of the Club World Cup.
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🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: FIFA is struggling really hard to fill the stadium for the opening match of the Club World Cup where Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami will face Al Ahly. The Hard Rock stadium’s capacity is 65.000 but only 20.000 tickets have been sold.
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What FIFA has done with the ticket crisis for the Club World Cup
Also according to information from The Athletic, FIFA has been collaborations with the Miami Dade College, which has over 100,000 students enrolled. Among the advantages offered, such as the opportunity to do an internship at FIFA’s office in Miami, the entity has offered $ 20 tickets for students, and up to four free tickets for the game.
That is, a total of five tickets for a student would leave for only $ 4 each (about $ 22) to watch Messi live.
For the general public, last Tuesday, tickets to Inter Miami x al-Ahly were leaving for $ 55 ($ 304) at Ticketmaster, the portal used by FIFA to market the tickets. In May, the cheapest price was twice the value. In January, the cheapest ticket cost $ 230 ($ 1274), and in December, when the tournament groups were set, the most affordable ticket was valued at $ 349 ($ 1934).
FIFA has decided to adopt a dynamic price model for the tournament, where the price floats according to the demand.
Although the entity does not reveal how many tickets were actually sold to the starting game of the Club World Cup, the measure of offering promotional tickets to students, according to sources heard by The Athletic, is a measure to offer the student of Miami Dade, an institution that has a good relationship with FIFA, an opportunity to see first -class football in the “door of the house”.
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Club World Cup: group stage calendar
Saturday, June 14
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Al Ahly x Inter Miami | Hard Rock, Miami | 21h |
Sunday, June 15
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Bayern x Auckland City | TQL, Cincinnati | 13H |
| B | PSG X Atlético de Madrid | Rose Bowl, Los Angeles | 16h |
| A | Palmeiras x Porto | MetLife, Nova York-NJ | 19h |
| B | Botafogo x Seattle Sounders | Lumen Field, Seattle | 23h |
Monday, June 16
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Chelsea x los Angeles fc | Mercedes-Benz, Atlanta | 16h |
| C | Boca Juniors x Benfica | Hard Rock, Miami | 19h |
| D | Flamengo x Sperance Tunis | Lincoln Financial, Philadelphia | 22h |
Tuesday, June 17
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Fluminense x Dortmund | MetLife, Nova York-NJ | 13H |
| E | River Plate x Urawa Reds | Lumen Field, Seattle | 16h |
| F | Ulsan X Mamelodi Sundowns | Inter&Co, Orlando | 19h |
| E | Monterrey x Inter Milan | Rose Bowl, Los Angeles | 22h |
Wednesday, June 18
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Manchester City x Wydad | Lincoln Financial, Philadelphia | 13H |
| H | Real Madrid X to Hilal | Hard Rock, Miami | 16h |
| H | Pachuca x Salzburg | TQL, Cincinnati | 19h |
| G | Al Ain x Juventus | Audi Field, Washington DC | 22h |
Thursday, June 19
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Palmeiras x al ahly | MetLife, Nova York-NJ | 13H |
| A | Inter Miami x Porto | Mercedes-Benz, Atlanta | 16h |
| B | Seattle X Atlético de Madrid | Lumen Field, Seattle | 19h |
| B | PSG x Botafogo | Rose Bowl, Los Angeles | 22h |
Friday, June 20
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Benfica x Auckland City | Inter&Co, Orlando | 13H |
| D | Flamengo X Chelsea | Lincoln Financial, Philadelphia | 15h |
| D | Los Angeles FC X Hope Tunis | GEODIS Park, Nashville | 19h |
| C | Bayern x Boca Juniors | Hard Rock, Miami | 22h |
Saturday, June 21
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Sundowns x Dortmund | TQL, Cincinnati | 13H |
| E | Inter Milan x Urawa Reds | Lumen Field, Seattle | 16h |
| F | Fluminense x Ulsan | MetLife, Nova York-NJ | 19h |
| E | River Plate x Monterrey | Rose Bowl, Los Angeles | 22h |
Sunday, June 22
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Juventus X Wydad | Lincoln Financial, Philadelphia | 13H |
| H | Real Madrid X Pachuca | Bank of America, Charlotte | 16h |
| H | Salzburg X to Hilal | Audi Field, Washington DC | 19h |
| G | Manchester City x Al Ain | Mercedes-Benz, Atlanta | 22h |
Monday, June 23
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Seattle x PSG | Lumen Field, Seattle | 16h |
| B | Atletico de Madrid x Botafogo | Rose Bowl, Los Angeles | 16h |
| A | Inter Miami x Palmeiras | Hard Rock, Miami | 22h |
| A | Porto x Al Ahly | MetLife, Nova York-NJ | 22h |
Tuesday, June 24
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Auckland City x Boca Juniors | GEODIS Park, Nashville | 16h |
| C | Benfica x Bayern | Bank of America, Charlotte | 16h |
| D | Los Angeles FC X Flamengo | Camping World, Orlando | 22h |
| D | Hope x Chelsea | Lincoln Financial, Philadelphia | 22h |
Wednesday, June 25
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Dortmund X Ulsan | TQL, Cincinnati | 16h |
| F | Sundowns x fluminense | Hard Rock, Miami | 16h |
| E | Inter Milan x River Plate | Lumen Field, Seattle | 22h |
| E | Urawa Reds x Monterrey | Rose Bowl, Los Angeles | 22h |
Thursday, June 26
| Group | Comparison | Stadium | HOUR (Brasilia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Juventus x Manchester City | Camping World, Orlando | 16h |
| G | Wydad x Al Ain | Audi Field, Washington DC | 16h |
| H | Al Hilal x Pachuca | GEODIS Park, Nashville | 22h |
| H | Salzburg x Real Madrid | Lincoln Financial, Philadelphia | 22h |
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Club World Cup: groups
Group a
- Al Ahly (egito)
- Inter Miami (United States)
- Palmeiras (Brazil)
- Porto (Portugal)
Group b
- Atletico de Madrid (Spain)
- Botafogo (Brazil)
- Paris Saint-Germain (França)
- Seattle Sounders (United States)
Grup c
- Auckland City (New Zealand)
- Bayern Munich (Germany)
- Benfica (Portugal)
- Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Group d
- Chelsea (England)
- Sperance (Tunisia)
- Flamengo (Brazil)
- Los Angeles FC (United States)
Group and
- International (itália)
- Monterrey (Mexico)
- River Plate (Argentina)
- Urawa Reds (Japan)
Grup f
- Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
- Fluminense (Brazil)
- Mamelodi sundowns (South Africa)
- Ulns HD (Coreia to SUL)
Group g
- Al-ain (United Arab Emirates)
- Juventus (Italy)
- Manchester City (Inglaterra)
- Wydad Casablanca (Marrocos)
Group h
- Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
- Pachuca (Mexico)
- RB Salzburg (Austria)
- Real Madrid (Spain)
Club World Cup: Agenda
- June 14-26: Group Stage
- June 28th to July 1st: Eighth Final
- July 4th to 5th: Wednesdays
- July 8th to 9th: Semifinals
- July 13: FINAL
