2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Korea vs. Thailand Ticket Price Surge

2024-03-23 00:53:21

Sports Chosun = Reporter Jeon Young-ji

Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st, where the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup Asia 2nd qualifying match between Korea and Thailand was held. Son Heung-min is trying to break through. Sangam = Reporter Park Jae-man [email protected]/2024.03.21

“The price of tickets for the Korea-Thailand match has soared more than 10 times.”

The Korean defense allowed an equalizer to Thailand in the second half of the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup 2nd qualifying match between Korea and Thailand held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st. Sangam = Reporter Heo Sang-wook [email protected]/2024.03.21

The Korea A national team, led by interim coach Hwang Seon-hong, will play a return match against Thailand, led by coach Masatada Ishii, in the 4th round of the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asia region second qualifying round held at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand at 9:30 pm on the 26th.

Source = Siam Sports, Thailand

After Thailand made a save in a 1-1 draw against Korea on the 21st, the Thai national fandom was in an uproar. In an away game featuring top big league players such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), the team scored an equalizer with strong team play and managed to get one point with a tight, suffocating defense. As pride in the national team is soaring, the price of tickets for the Korean game is soaring.

According to Thailand’s Siam Sports on the 23rd (Korean time), the price of Korean game tickets being sold by scalpers on social media and online has skyrocketed 10 times. This media outlet predicted, ‘On-site ticket prices on the 26th will rise even higher than this.’

The media reported that ‘smart speculators and scalpers have begun to welcome Thailand’s soccer fever.’

Kang-in Lee is attempting a shot during the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup 2nd qualifying match between Korea and Thailand held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st. Sangam = Reporter Heo Sang-wook [email protected]/2024.03.21

Tickets sold through the Thai Football Association’s official channel on the 10th were sold out instantly. At that time, the ticket prices were 165 (approximately 6,000 won), 295 (approximately 11,000 won), 395 (approximately 15,000 won), 560 (approximately 20,000 won), 700 (approximately 25,000 won), and 750 for each seat class, respectively. It was baht (about 28,000 won).

However, right after Thailand’s draw with Korea, the ticket price posted by a scalper on the public Facebook group ‘Thai Football Ticket’ with 7,000 members for the purpose of trading soccer cards is beyond imagination. In the case of the 2nd and 3rd floors of Zone E, tickets sold at the official price of 295 baht (about 11,000 won) were raised to 2,490 baht (about 92,000 won). Tickets under the roof on the other side were priced at 2,000 baht (about 74,000 won), and tickets for the N and S areas behind the goal were priced at 2,500 baht (about 93,000 won). Close to the running track where players warm up. Tickets for Area W on the first floor were priced at 2,300 baht (about 85,000 won).

Due to the special Korean-Thailand war, it is expected that scalpers will make enormous profits, earning more than 10 times the original purchase price.

Thanks to Japanese coach Ishii’s excellent performance in Korea, Thai soccer fans’ expectations for the ‘home game’ are heating up even more. Coach Ishii, who led the Thai professional soccer team to victory in the 2022 and 2023 seasons as head coach of Buriram, took command of the Thai national team in November last year and led Thailand to the round of 16 at the Qatar Asian Cup. Immediately after the Asian Cup, the Thai Football Association expressed its firm confidence in Coach Ishii by extending his contract until the 2026 North, Central and American World Cup. Reporter Jeon Young-ji [email protected]

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