How to buy tickets to FIFA 2026 World Cup matches in Dallas

Parts of the FIFA 2026 World Cup are coming to Arlington’s AT&T Stadium. If you are a footie fan looking to catch a match or two, you’re going to have to cool your jets.

Tickets for the 2026 World Cup are not quite on sale yet. FIFA said they will update and release more information on where fans can buy tickets in due time.

We will update this story as soon as we know more.

Who has qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

Per FIFA rules, the host country automatically qualifies for the World Cup, meaning the U.S., Mexico and Canada, are all in.

As for the remainder of the 45 teams, that will be determined through a series of playoff stages leading up to the tournament in 2026.

How many teams play in the FIFA World Cup?

FIFA is expanding the field of competitors at the 2026 World Cup to 48, 16 more than the number of sides that will play in Qatar this fall.

Since 1998, only 32 teams were able to compete in the global soccer tournament. When FIFA held the first tournament in 1930, only 13 teams were eligible to play.

In 1934, FIFA expanded the tournament to 16 teams. It wasn’t until 1982 that FIFA expanded the tournament to include 24 teams.

This story was originally published June 16, 2022 at 5:11 PM.

Brayden Garcia

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Brayden Garcia is a service journalism reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Brayden mainly writes about weather and all things Taylor Sheridan-related.