With the World Cup in Russia just six months away, it’s time to start planning next year’s biggest football holiday.
We know that we’ve been blasting you with exciting World Cup news over the last few months, and now that we finally know who Croatia will play and where, fans of Croatian football can finally begin planning their trips to the world’s largest nation.
One crucial element to attending next summer’s World Cup in Russia, however, is securing tickets. While Croatia fans have been able to apply for tickets from December 5, 2017, FIFA has just confirmed the fan capacity for each group stage match, round of 16, quarterfinal, semifinal, 3rd place and final match of the World Cup.
All countries participating in the World Cup are entitled to 8% of the sales capacity of each stadium in the first round of the competition, of which 700 tickets goes for the needs of the give football federation or football families, reports HNS on December 12, 2017.
For the Croatia national team matches, the following capacities for Croatian fans (not including tickets belonging to HNS) are as follows:
June 16, 2018, 21:00 (LT), Kaliningrad: Croatia – Nigeria
Category 1: 100
Category 2: 330
Category 3: 989
June 21, 2018, 21:00 (LT), Nizhny Novgorod: Argentina – Croatia
Category 1: 100
Category 2: 514
Category 3: 1541
June 26, 2018, 21:00 (LT), Rostov-on-Don: Iceland – Croatia
Category 1: 100
Category 2: 507
Category 3: 1521
Matches in the second round, regardless of the stadium the match is being played, FIFA has determined the following capacity for Croatia fan tickets (not counting the 700 tickets for HNS):
Round of 16: 100/675/2025 (Categories 1, 2 and 3)
Quarterfinals: 100/550/1650
Semifinals: 100/1000/3000
3rd place match: 100/925/2775
Final: 100/1075/3225
Don’t forget to check out our guide about travel to Croatia’s World Cup matches, and if you’re interested in attending next year’s football spectacle, you can find tickets on the official FIFA website.
