Ticket sales for the AFC Asian Cup Qatar is evoking a good response from the fans. As per the latest figures, 877,000, out of 1.5mn, tickets have been sold so far. “There is a great public demand to attend the tournament matches, which will be one of the major public tournaments,” Director of Marketing and Communications at the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup Hassan Rabia al-Kuwari said.
“The first ticket sale for the matches was on October 10. It recorded large numbers of sales confirming that the Asian Cup Qatar will be one of the popular tournaments. During this stage, 150,000 tickets were sold. Of these, 80,000 tickets were sold within 24 hours. Within 48 hours, the batch was sold out,” he said.
He explained that the focus has been on the group stage matches and that a percentage of tickets have been allocated to the next rounds of the tournament to provide the opportunity for fans of the qualified teams to attend the matches. He explained that the matches that witnessed the largest crowd demand to buy tickets were the opening and final matches and the matches of the Qatari and Saudi teams.