FIFA resumed the ticket sales for next year's FIFA World Cup in Russia and a total of 159,402 tickets have been allocated to fans from around the world through FIFA's online ticketing system.





As a result of the very high demand, eventually FIFA decided to allocate the full inventory of tickets to fans. Only some Special-Access Tickets can now be purchased for the World Cup.





51% of the ticket applications have been placed by fans from Russia whereas international demand accounted for the remaining 49% out which India made the top 10 list of countries who bought the most number of tickets for the showpiece event.





As per the data provided by ​FIFA's official website, fans from Argentina, Mexico, USA, Brazil, Colombia, China, Argentina, Germany and India joined Russia as the top 10 highest ticket purchasers for the World Cup.





Great demand for World Cup tickets https://t.co/iHci0efZSf pic.twitter.com/kJJzrnCfze — World Cup 2018 (@WorldCupEN) November 17, 2017





The current sales period will allow fans to purchase the remaining tickets in real time on ​FIFA.com/tickets with immediate confirmation of successful applications.





After the proceeds of the current phase ends on 28th November, ticket sales will resume on 5th December after the Final World Cup draw which includes the following categories:



1) Random selection draw window from 5th December 2017 until 31st January 2018.





2) First-come, first-served tickets from 13th March 2018 until 3rd April 2018.





A total of 622,117 tickets had already been allocated on the conclusion of sales from the first sales window from 1st to 12th October 2017.





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