Colombia vs. Portugal Resale Tickets Jump More Than 500% After Draw

Resale prices for the Colombia vs. Portugal group match at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens surged more than 500% after Friday’s World Cup draw, making the game one of the priciest on the secondary market for the 2026 tournament.

Data compiled by ticketdata.com and reported by The Athletic show the “get-in” price, the cheapest available resale ticket, rose from under US$400 before the draw to about US$2,189 on Sunday, a 514% increase. Less than an hour after FIFA published the match schedule, the lowest resale listings briefly topped US$2,000, peaked near US$3,000, and then settled around US$2,200, placing the Colombia-Portugal match behind only the semifinals and final in secondary-market cost.

The spike is driven in part by superstar appeal; Portugal and Argentina fixtures recorded the largest jumps across the United States, but the surge highlights a wider pattern. Resale prices rose for roughly 78 of the 91 U.S. and Canadian matches tracked by ticketdata.com, with sellers on platforms such as StubHub and SeatGeek setting the market. The Athletic noted that resale data are unavailable for the 13 matches in Mexico because local law restricts ticket resale.

The resale prices for Colombia vs. Portugal are not the official prices

Officials and fans should note these are resale prices, not FIFA’s official ticket list. FIFA has said more official sales will open in a third ticket phase beginning Dec. 11; prospective buyers must register for a FIFA ID and enter a lottery-style application window that runs through Jan. 13, with successful applicants selected in February, the Telegraph and The Athletic reported. FIFA also uses dynamic pricing and will charge a fee on resale transactions; the Telegraph noted FIFA takes a 15% fee from both buyer and seller on its resale platform.

Secondary-market listings reflect immediate demand after the draw and do not account for tickets still to be released through FIFA’s official channels. FIFA has said it will randomly allocate tickets from its next sales phase and that prices for that phase will be set ahead of the window.

Colombian fans hoping to attend should weigh resale costs against the upcoming official sale and monitor FIFA’s ticketing site for the Dec. 11 opening, industry trackers warned. Colombia’s other group fixtures will be held in Mexico, at the Azteca Stadium on June 17 and in Guadalajara on June 23, where resale data are limited by Mexican law.

Industry observers expect Colombia to be the ‘home team’ in all three group stage games, as there is a significant Colombian diaspora in Mexico and the United States. There are more than 400,000 Colombians in South Florida, and an estimated 36,000 Colombians in Mexico. Mass travel by ‘La Tricolor’ fans is also expected next summer.