The $11k World Cup Final Ticket - What We Learned From First Open Sale

BBC Sport joined nan queue for World Cup tickets alongside nan supporters connected Wednesday astatine astir 15:20 BST.

A holding connection was successful place, and astatine 16:00 this changed to a reddish circle pinch nan message: "Almost there…"

By 17:00 a countdown timepiece had appeared. We were 2 minutes from nan beforehand erstwhile nan clip abruptly jumped backmost up to 15 minutes.

When we did summation access, we knowledgeable nan aforesaid method glitch arsenic thousands of fans.

Supporters who logged connected early were wrongly directed into a queue for "PMA tickets", reserved for fans of this week's play-off winners.

Once through, users were sent to a page wherever a codification was required to unfastened up a waste for those fixtures.

By nan clip nan correction was realised, those supporters were forced to commencement again astatine nan backmost of nan correct virtual line. Any chance of securing a summons for 1 of nan much charismatic matches had gone.

Fifa did not supply a logic for nan correction but said that by 17:00 nan links were moving properly.

Once backmost successful nan queue it took six hours and 14 minutes to beryllium granted entree to nan summons page.

Of nan 72 group games, 35 matches were listed pinch tickets disposable - but location was nary allocation for nan England aliases Scotland games, aliases immoderate of nan knockout matches, by nan clip we made it through.

Across nan 35 matches, prices ranged from $140 (£106) to $2,985 (£2,261). The mean value of those displayed was $358 (£271).

The astir costly lucifer seen was nan first of nan tourney betwixt Mexico and South Africa astatine $2,985 (£2,261), pinch only a mini proportionality of nan 87,000 capacity available.

Additionally, we were capable to position firm hospitality packages, including 1 for England v Panama which was $124,800 (£94,444) for a luxury suite pinch 24 lucifer tickets, nutrient and portion - $5,200 (£3,935) per person.

The readiness of games appears to beryllium changing each nan time, and Fifa has indicated caller tickets could beryllium released for immoderate crippled correct up to kick-off.

By 08:00 connected Thursday, 13 games were still showing - though six of these only had wheelchair companion tickets, which should not beryllium sold to nan wide public.

Controversially, Fifa has not made free tickets disposable to nan assistants of fans utilizing wheelchairs. Tickets must beryllium bought astatine afloat value and they whitethorn not beryllium situated adjacent to each other.

The USA's opening crippled against Paraguay connected 13 June had nan astir tickets still connected sale, pinch 1,406 class 1 tickets priced astatine $2,735 (£2,072).

Canada's first lucifer against Bosnia-Herzegovina was nan only different lucifer pinch comparatively bully proviso - 846 class 1 tickets still connected waste astatine a costs of $2,240 (£1,697).

Fifa's resale platform, which will apt bring moreover higher prices - pinch some purchaser and seller charged a 15% interest - reopens connected Thursday.