About 120,000 extra tickets for 2018 FIFA World Cup matches in Russia have been sold in the first hours after the sales began, the FIFA press office reported on Saturday.
The sales of extra tickets reserved for various FIFA constituent groups started at 11:00 p.m. Moscow time on June 8. Overall, more than 2.5 million tickets have been allocated since ticket sales began in September 2017.
“A few hours after an additional inventory of 2018 FIFA World Cup tickets became available at FIFA.com/tickets, 120,000 tickets have already been allocated and currently only a limited inventory for selected matches is remaining available for purchase online,” the FIFA press office said.
As of 10:00 a.m. Moscow time, tickets for 35 World Cup matches in Russia were available on FIFA’s official website.