Ticket Prices Soar as Excitement Grows for Korea vs. Thailand World Cup Qualifier

Chosun Sports = Reporter Jeon Young-ji

Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st, where the 2nd North and Central America FIFA Asia 2026 World Cup qualifier was held between Korea and Thailand. Heung-min’s son trying to break through. Sangam = Jae-man Reporter Park pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.03.21

“The price of tickets for the match between Korea and Thailand has increased dramatically more than 10 times.”

Korea’s defense allowed Thailand an equalizer in the second half of the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup qualifier between Korea and Thailand held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st. Sangam = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com/2024.03.21

The Korea A national team, led by interim coach Hwang Seon-hong, will play a return match against Thailand, led by coach Masatada Ishii, in the 4th round of the second qualifying round of the Asia region of the North and Central America 2026 World Cup held at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand at 9:30pm on the 26th.

Source = Siam Sports, Thailand

After Thailand saved money in a 1-1 draw against Korea on the 21st, Thai national fandom was in an uproar. In an away game featuring major league players such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), the team scored the equalizer with strong team play and managed to get one point with a tight, suffocating defense. As pride in the national team soars, the price of tickets for the Korean game soars.

According to Thailand’s Siam Sports on the 23rd (Korea time), the price of Korean game tickets sold by scalpers on social media and online has skyrocketed 10 times. This media predicted, ‘Ticket prices on site on the 26th will rise even higher than this.’

The media reported that “shrewd speculators and scalpers have begun to embrace the Thai football fever.”

Kang-in Lee attempts a shot during the second qualifying match of the 2026 North and Central America FIFA World Cup between Korea and Thailand held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st. Sangam = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com/2024.03.21

Tickets sold through the official channel of the Football Association of Thailand on the 10th were sold out immediately. At that time, the ticket prices were 165 (about 6,000 won), 295 (about 11,000 won), 395 (about 15,000 won), 560 (about 20,000 won), 700 (about 6,000 won), 700 (about 11,000 won), 395 (about 15,000 won), 560 (about 20,000 won), 700 (about 11,000 won), 700 (about 11,000 won) it was baht (about 28,000 won).

However, immediately after Thailand’s draw with Korea, the price of the ticket posted by a scalper on the public Facebook group ‘Thai Football Ticket’ with 7,000 members for the purpose of trading football cards beyond’ r imagination. In the case of the 2nd and 3rd floor of Zone E, tickets sold at the official price of 295 baht (about 11,000 won) were raised to 2,490 baht (about 92,000 won). Tickets under the roof on the other side were priced at 2,000 baht (about 74,000 won), and tickets for the N and S areas behind the goal were 2,500 baht (about 93,000 won) .Close to the running track where players warm up Tickets for Area W on the first floor cost 2,300 baht (about 85,000 won).

Due to the special Korea-Thailand war, scalpers are expected to make huge profits, earning more than 10 times the original purchase price.

Thanks to Japanese coach Ishii’s excellent performance in Korea, Thai football fans’ expectations for the ‘home game’ are increasing even more. Coach Ishii, who led Thailand’s professional football team to victory in the 2022 and 2023 seasons as Buriram’s head coach, took charge of Thailand’s national team in November last year and led Thailand to the round of 16 in the Qatar Asian Cup. Immediately after the Asian Cup, the Thai Football Association expressed its firm confidence in Coach Ishii by extending his contract until the 2026 North, Central and American World Cup. Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com

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