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More than 1.2 million tickets have been sold for Qatar’s 2022 soccer World Cup, organizers said on Wednesday.

The most recent phase of ticket sales, a random selection draw, closed at the end of April with 23.5 million ticket requests coming in largest numbers from Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Mexico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, according to the International Federation of Association Football , world soccer’s governing body.

A total of two million ticket will be available during the 28-day tournament in November and December, he said. World Cup qualification matches have now concluded and all 32 available slots for the tournament have been secured.Organizers are working to avoid price-gouging fans, and, although the local business community should benefit, the tournament should be affordable and accessible for fans, Al Thawadi said on Wednesday at the Qatar Economic Forum organized by Bloomberg.

“In terms of availability, we’ve tried to ensure that we provide different offerings on different categories. So from the affordable, which range from $80 to $100 a night all the way to the pricier ones in terms of five-star hotels,” Al Thawadi said.

 

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