I've been to the last eight and did the organising for friends/family for the last 7 of those. Every tournament has produced different surprises and challenges. I think accommodation is the big challenge this time although I am resisting buying hospitality at this point. Having all the games so close this time will make internal travel very easy. It is relatively cheap and easy to get to Doha. That leaves tickets and accommodation. The more difficult it is to get accommodation the easier it will be to get tickets.
I have no inside information, but it is still very early compared to Russia 2018, where the first lottery was about 7 months before the start of the World Cup. Over the years, FIFA has been pushing the opening of ticket sales back further and further. It was a little surprising that they said January 2022 this time. I would not be surprised if they push it back a couple of months. They always want to sell as many of those hospitality tickets as they can first. But there is so much uncertainty this time.
Couple of months ? After the draw ? They shoukd have 1 round of sales before the draw, to maximize sales
^ That's what I was just about to say. That's exactly 9 months before the start of the tournament, so the equivalent this time would be 21st Feb.
The first ticket phase ( Draw) will be designed in such a way that after the Draw there is at least 4 weeks to be able to pay for tickets retrospectively for which the debit from the credit card was unsuccessful. At the last World Cup you then had 2 grace periods which lasted a total of 3 weeks. The end of this last deadline must be before the playoffs or the draw, because ticket buyers simply do not pay if they do not like the groups drawn or the schedule. So I'm assuming that the first sales phase will start in January and that the Draw will be at the end of February. Many buyers (merchants) will work with a large number of accounts and invented virtual credit card numbers that cannot be debited. If FIFA is clever, they will not allow subsequent payments.
Most tournaments run lately especially by uefa haven't asked for a debit/credit card up front .. you've entered the draw and if successful you've had around 5 days to pay and you can't pick and choose you either take all successful on your application or none
FIFA have changed slowly but have changed and seem to be moving more towards uefa,s model of tkt selling. Originally if your credit card was declined you missed out completely if successful they just binned your application ,then they moved to giving you a chance to pay if declined .
UEFA only did this because of the new data protection regulation - for the first time at the Champions League final, and then for the first time at Euro 2020. At FIFA, there was the option to pay later for the first time in 2018, but after the draw, credit card withdrawals were made. It can be different again in 2022.
Well, if more people have Eric Cantona's attitude about this WC, maybe it won't be so hard after all to get tickets or even accommodations. . . . https://www.givemesport.com/1818758...nsists-he-wont-wont-watch-the-qatar-world-cup While there have been issues undoubtedly with this WC, I'm definitely going! I cant help but think there is hypocrisy, and unfair characterizations of Qatari (and neighboring Arab countries') footballing culture, in Cantona's rant.
Note the difference: Opened versus closing and draw taking place. It was 7 months when you learned what you got and paid.
See ^. Opening doesn't matter, it is closing and draw that matter, that is when you know what got and when you pay. It was 7 months.
FIFA really should postpone ticket sales. We don't even know if spectators will be allowed, or if 100% capacity will be allowed. There is still too much uncertainty.
Seems like we won't know about capacity restrictions / closed doors -- which I certainly hope does not happen! -- until much closer to the event. Doubt they would want to wait that long before commencing ticket sales.
For Russia 2018, the final draw was on December 1 and the ticket sales begun on the 14 September. For Brazil 2014, the final draw was on December 6 and the ticket sales begun on August 20. For South Africa 2010, the final draw was on December 4 and the ticket sales begun way before on February 20 of 2009. Based off of that, they've been pushing ticket sales closer to the draw for the past three tournaments and with the final draw on April 1 I would expect the first sales phase to begin either in late January or in early February with the accomodation portal opening at a similar time. I would not expect FIFA to postpone ticket sales because of Covid, they really need to get this first sales phase done before the draw so people aren't put off from applying to certain games.
AFCON is going on right now at 60% max capacity, 80% capacity for Cameroon (host) games. This is unprecedented stuff for FIFA, and everybody else. But reduced capacity could solve the accommodations issue.
Again, the opening date for lottery phases doesn't matter much. It is the closing date that matters. And then the draw, when you find out what you got and pay for it. Ticket "sales" didn't begin on those dates. Those were the dates when the portal started receiving applications for the lottery. And the portal was open to receive applications for several weeks. You had just as much of a chance at tickets submitting your application on the last day as the first. There was no advantage to being the first to submit.
But the final tournament draw is 7.5 months before the opening match, and that's not a date they can just forget about in the hope of extra hospitality sales. Given that they announced that the ticket portal would open in January, it seems they are looking to complete the first ticket phase before the draw as usual - which would suggest that 7 months or less is out and 8 is more likely this time.
FIFA did not write January, but "at the beginning of the year". That leaves a lot of room for speculation. https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5869825a9ef82eaa/original/FIFA-World-Cup-Qatar-2022-preparations.pdf
But previously: Obviously there's room for a bit of slippage, but beyond that requires a major decision.
You won't get a fan ID until you get a ticket, once you get a tkt you can then apply for a fan ID ...that's how Russia worked maybe Gary can tell us how this worked for the Asia cup
It was the same as Russia. You need a ticket first and then can apply for Fan ID. At this point you can only leave the field blank I assume