These 5 charts show just how unaffordable the 2026 World Cup is for fans

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Italy supporters react as they watch in a pub the FIFA World Cup 2026 European qualification play-off final football match between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy, played in Bosnia, in central Rome on March 31, 2026
Italian fans in a pub react to their team failing to qualify for the World Cup.

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We gamed out how much it would cost a fan to follow France and Argentina to the World Cup final

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An Argentina supporter holds a replica of the FIFA World Cup Trophy after Argentina won the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022.
An Argentina fan holds a replica of the World Cup trophy in the stands during the 2022 final.

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