News: 2025 FIFA Club World Cup: General [Multiple Rs] The ticketing situation is so murky for this tournament Zero communication! FIFA is selling tickets on Ticketmaster; FIFA seems to be also selling tickets via Team supporter groups And they've added a new layer Rights to Buy (you pay money for the privilege of buying tickets ) FIFA sold 125 Rights to buy for the Opening Match of the Club
FIFA World Cup 26: News Analysis | Page 151 | BigSoccer Forum -Infantino is using this as sort of a propaganda arm of FIFA to promote the Club World Cup too They really want people to know it is happening and doing it in a press conference like this does spread the news a bit -$50 Billion of economic impact is expected -300,000 jobs -They briefly mentioned trains and busses when it comes to safety
FIFA World Cup 26: News Analysis | Page 152 | BigSoccer Forum But Desailly, a member of France’s 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 Euro winnings teams, said previous editions of the showpiece had succeeded despite having “bigger problems than a few visa issues " “Honestly, no," said Desailly when asked if Trump’s policies on tariffs and visas could affect the next World Cup “Sport is above that
HD full matches from the 2002 and 2006 world cup Every match from the 2002 world cup was filmed in High Definition, although not all were broadcasted I have reached out to FIFAfilms and they confirmed that they have all of the games in HD However, most of us don't have the amount of money needed to casually buy footage from FIFA
Executive order concerning the FIFA World Cup There are always scare stories and calls for boycotts at every World Cup, Olympics, or other major event South Africa, Brazil (x2), Russia (x2), Qatar all come to mind Most of these are politically-motivated
CONCACAF Champions Cup 2025 | Page 21 | BigSoccer Forum The NASL was most definitely affiliated with FIFA and the USSF which was why their players were allowed to participate in World Cup Qualifying matches as well as the tournament itself Off the top of my head, both Teófilo Cubillas of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and David McCreery of the Tulsa Roughnecks both appeared for Peru and Northern
World Cup 2026 Referee Selection | BigSoccer Forum Everything was set up for him to officiate at a World Cup With the exception of, maybe, Marrufo, I can't think of a single US referee that was pushed and groomed to go to a World Cup more than Villarreal Around 2014-2015, Geiger, himself, said the Villarreal was going to be the next US referee at the World Cup