JAKARTA - Qatar's 2022 World Cup officially opens on Sunday, November 20, 2022. A critical storm did not prevent Qatar from holding the quadrennial football grand party.
In fact, the 2022 World Cup is claimed to remain in demand. This is evident from the number of tickets that have been sold.
The World Football Federation (FIFA) claims nearly three million World Cup tickets have been sold. A FIFA spokesperson said the 29.5 million tickets were sold until the opening day on Sunday.
The queue piled up outside the FIFA ticket center in Doha. Reportedly, supporters waited a long time to be able to enter the official online ticket platform, as reported by Antara via AFP, Monday, November 21.
With this figure Qatar has surpassed Russia's achievements at the 2018 World Cup which at that time successfully sold 2.4 million tickets.
The spokesman said Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Mexico, Britain, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, France, India, and Brazil were the top markets.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has previously said that FIFA's four-year revenue is estimated at 7.5 billion US dollars by the end of this year.
This amount is 1 billion US dollars higher than what was estimated four years ago.
Infantino told the 211 national football associations that the "extraordinary figure" was created even though it was shrouded in pandemics and crises around the world.
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