The Ministry of Sports and Recreation says $1.26 million was spent to procure 2,922 tickets for Ghana’s matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The tickets cover Ghana’s group-stage matches against Panama, England and Croatia, with 948 tickets procured for the Panama game, 1,000 for the England match and 974 for the Croatia fixture.
He said the cost of the tickets included a 10% administrative charge permitted by FIFA on the face value of the tickets.
For the Ghana-Panama match, the Ministry procured 100 Category One tickets, with a FIFA face value of $450 and an actual cost of $495 after the 10% administrative charge.
The Ministry also procured supporter premium, supporter standard, supporter value and supporter entry tickets at varying face values and corresponding prices after the administrative charge.
For Ghana’s match against Croatia, 974 tickets were procured, including 100 Category One tickets at a face value of $500 and an actual cost of $550 after the 10% administrative charge.
Mr Adams said the tickets were distributed among members of the Ghana Supporters Union, Ghana’s High Commissions in Canada and the United States, Ghanaians in the diaspora, the Ghana Students Association, the official government delegation and selected officials of the Ghana Football Association.
He said the initial arrangement was to allocate more than 800 tickets to supporters, with the remaining tickets going to Ghanaians.
“The decision was taken that we will give many more of the tickets to Ghanaians who are already in the diaspora to be able to pay,” Mr Adams told the committee.
