Ticket prices plummet for Canada's FIFA World Cup knockout match
The Canadian men’s national team is playing in the U.S. for the first time during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Canada finished runner-up in Group B after a loss to Switzerland in the final group stage match, and now will have to travel to Los Angeles to play surprise Group A runners-up South Africa on Sunday.
This would have been a hot ticket in Vancouver or Toronto, but not so much in California, as ticket prices on the resale market have plummeted.
Fan support for Canada has been incredible in Vancouver and Toronto. (Simon Fearn/Imagn Images)
Resale tickets for the Canada game have dropped almost 60 per cent in the last 24 hours.
According to TicketData.com, the get-in price for this knockout round match was roughly $1,850 before South Africa’s upset victory over South Korea. Since then, it appears many Korean supporters have been offloading their tickets on FIFA’s resale market and third-party resellers.
Prices plummeted after South Africa upset South Korea. (Ticketdata.com)
Given Los Angeles’ large Korean population, the price drop doesn’t come as a surprise. Roughly 300,000 Koreans reside in the Greater Los Angeles area, and around half a million across California.
There are almost 700 different ticket listings for Sunday’s match on the third-party app SeatGeek alone, and thousands available on FIFA’s official resale website.
At the time of publication, fans can grab three Category 4 tickets in Section 553 on FIFA’s resale market for $835. That’s $1,000 cheaper than tickets in the same section were 24 hours ago.
With thousands of tickets still listed, prices could fall even more, which is good news for Canadian soccer fans willing to travel to L.A.
Thousands of tickets appeared on FIFA’s official ticket resale site following South Korea’s loss to South Africa on Wednesday. (FIFA.com)
Los Angeles Stadium is the fourth-largest venue among the tournament’s 16 host stadiums (behind only Dallas, Mexico City and New Jersey/New York), and will be the biggest venue Canada has played in so far.
The match will be a historic one for both nations.
Neither Canada nor South Africa has made the knockout round at a FIFA World Cup, let alone won a knockout match. The winner will advance to the Round of 16 for the first time in its history.
Canada had the chance to remain in Vancouver for the next two knockout stage games had they won or drawn the final group-stage match against Switzerland. They lost 2-1.
Instead, Canada will become the first host nation in the tournament to play a World Cup match outside its own borders.