{"id":575351,"date":"2026-04-01T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575351\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:06:11","slug":"resale-tickets-for-canada-bosnia-fifa-world-cup-opener-in-toronto-come-at-steep-cost-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575351\/","title":{"rendered":"Resale tickets for Canada-Bosnia FIFA World Cup opener in Toronto come at steep cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though Canada\u2019s opponent for its FIFA World Cup opener in Toronto was just determined Tuesday, many of the resale tickets left for the international match come at a steep cost.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/03\/31\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-beats-italy-to-qualify-for-world-cup-to-face-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sixty-ninth-ranked Bosnia and Herzegovina upset<\/a> 12th-ranked Italy 4-1 in penalties on home soil in a playoff qualifier final \u2014 the teams were tied 1-1 after full time \u2014 to advance and become Canada\u2019s first opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is currently set to play Bosnia on June 12 in Toronto, with two of its other group games scheduled for Vancouver. It\u2019s also the first of six total games in Toronto, including a round of 32 match on July 2.<\/p>\n<p>There were approximately 388 tickets remaining as of Tuesday evening on StubHub Canada, with the cheapest being $1,961 at BMO Field, known as Toronto Stadium for the World Cup. The most expensive came in at $130,766.<\/p>\n<p>With FIFA\u2019s official resale marketplace closed since Feb. 22 and not set to reopen until Thursday, secondary ticket platforms are currently the only option for fans seeking World Cup tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is in Group B, with 19th-ranked Switzerland and 55th-ranked Qatar rounding out the group. The top two teams from all 12 groups and the eight best third-place finishers advance to the knockout stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though Canada\u2019s opponent for its FIFA World Cup opener in Toronto was just determined Tuesday, many of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-575351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}