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Both fans want the same thing: to watch their team lift the World Cup at MetLife Stadium on July 19.
One of them will spend $6,000 more to get there, mostly because of where their team plays its group-stage games.
The visualization above shows how much it would cost a fan to follow France and Argentina to the World Cup final.
It is based on a cost analysis published by Business Insider Africa on June 1, 2026.
In the Business Insider Africa analysis, the price of every match ticket is the same for both fans.
Group Stage Game 1: $747 each. Game 2: $835. Game 3: $862. Round of 32: approximately $2,000. Semi-final: approximately $2,500. The World Cup final: $6,000 each.
That final ticket ($6,000 per person) is the single largest individual line item in both budgets. It costs more than the international flight from Buenos Aires to Kansas City.
It costs more than any hotel category.
It costs 2.4 times the semi-final price, approximately 140% more expensive than the penultimate round.
All three group-stage tickets combined come to $2,444, less than half the price of a final ticket. Attending the tournament’s last 90 minutes costs more than attending its first three matches in their entirety.