{"id":575480,"date":"2026-04-01T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575480\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:24:11","slug":"resale-tickets-soar-for-canada-bosnia-fifa-world-cup-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575480\/","title":{"rendered":"Resale tickets soar for Canada-Bosnia FIFA World Cup game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Canada&#8217;s opponent for its FIFA World Cup opener in Toronto was just determined Tuesday, many of the\u00a0resale\u00a0tickets left for the international match come at a steep cost.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup-european-playoffs-italy-bosnia-9.7148245\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is ranked 69th,<\/a> upset<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/soc-wcup-playoff-italy-bosnia-reax-9.7149394\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 12th-ranked Italy<\/a> 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&#8217;s 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&#8217;s 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\u00a0resale\u00a0marketplace closed since Feb. 22 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/key-dates-fifa-world-cup-2026-in-toronto-9.7118073\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not set to reopen until Thursday<\/a>, secondary ticket platforms are currently the only option for fans seeking World Cup tickets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Screenshot of resale ticket prices for a soccer game.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775060651_264_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5212922173274597\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Resale tickets for Canada&#8217;s first 2026 FIFA World Cup game in Toronto are going through the roof on ticketing platforms, like StubHub. (StubHub)<\/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<p>Resale ticket costs may soon see changes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ford-ticket-resale-price-cap-ontario-9.7135950\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario government proposed amendments<\/a> last month to the 2017 Ticket Sales Act. The changes would make it illegal for live event tickets to be re-sold for more than their original cost. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-575480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575480","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=575480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}