Qatar sold over a Million World Cup tickets

The FIFA World Cup organizers have revealed that over a million tickets have already been sold so far, a sales record for the first time.

1.2 million tickets were purchased, a number confirmed by the organizing committee officials," said the chief organizer for the owners of the Qatar Economic Forum, Hassan Al-Thawadi.

In total, he explained that the first World Cup in the Middle East, scheduled between November 21 and December 18, has received 40 million applications: 17 million in the first sale stage and 23 million in the second.

The International Federation (FIFA) president, Gianni Infantino, revealed that 5 million requests for the final match at Lusail Stadium, which has a capacity of eighty thousand spectators.