FIFA has raised the top ticket price for the 2026 World Cup final to $10,990 as sales reopened amid technical issues on Wednesday.

The new figure marks a sharp increase from the $8,680 price set following the tournament draw in December. Prices also climbed across other categories for the July 19 final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with Category 2 tickets rising to $7,380 (from $5,575) and Category 3 to $5,785 (from $4,185).

Only a limited number of matches were available when sales resumed, with tickets listed for 17 of the 72 group-stage games and none for the knockout rounds.

FIFA is implementing dynamic pricing for the first expanded 48-team edition of the tournament, which will be staged across 11 cities in the United States, three in Mexico and two in Canada.

For the USA's opener against Paraguay on June 12 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, only the highest-priced tickets – $2,735 – were available, unchanged from December. No tickets were listed for the team's other group-stage matches in Seattle and Inglewood.

Prices also rose for openers involving the other two host nations. Tickets for the tournament's opening contest between Mexico and Saudi Arabia on June 11 in Mexico City were listed at $2,985, up from $2,355, while Canada's first outing against Bosnia & Herzegovina in Toronto saw a smaller increase to $2,240.

The governing body did not specify which matches or categories were available, leaving fans to navigate a ticketing platform that frequently required hours to access.

Further confusion followed the launch, with some users redirected to a separate sales phase intended for supporters of newly-qualified teams. FIFA later said the issue had been resolved, but offered no explanation for the error.

Not all remaining tickets have been released, with FIFA confirming that additional inventory will be made available on a rolling basis.

This marks the fifth sales phase for the tournament and the first allowing fans to select specific seat locations rather than apply for ticket categories.

Fan groups have already raised concerns over rising costs in the secondary market, with one lodging a complaint to the European Commission last month.