Over 50,000 Ghanaians in Canada have submitted requests for tickets for the upcoming FIFA World Cup which began yesterday.

Disclosed by the Ghana High Commission in Canada in a public notice dated June 11, it indicated that his outfit is currently compiling the names to send to Ghana’s Ministry of Sports and Recreation in the order they were submitted for the necessary action adding that it had not received any World Cup tickets from the Ministry yet.

“Following the public notice issued on 8th June 2026, the High Commission so far has received more than 50,000 names, with emails which are being compiled and forwarded in order of the time of receipt, to the Ministry of Sports and Recreation, Ghana, for their necessary action,” the notice stated.

It added that, “The Ghanaian public in Canada should take note that the High Commission has not received any World Cup Tickets. If the Mission receives any tickets from the Ministry, and modalities for distribution, the community will be informed”.

The High Commission also expressed appreciation to Ghanaians in Canada for their overwhelming support for the Black Stars ahead of the global football tournament.

“We thank you for your great support for the Black Stars!With renewed assurances.” the notice added.

The statement was signed by Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, H.E. Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh.

Free tickets for disporans

Following President Mahama’s announcement that the government will not sponsor fans' travel to the World Cup but will instead secure tickets for interested supporters in the diaspora to cheer on and boost the morale of the Black Stars, the decision was welcomed by many Ghanaians abroad.

The announcement generated significant interest among members of the diaspora, particularly those in the United States, with many expressing a desire to attend the tournament using the tickets.

However, addressing the issue of ticket availability, Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, D.C., announced in a statement on Thursday, June 11, that it has not yet received the tickets allocated for Ghanaian supporters in the United States for the upcoming FIFA World Cup matches.

The embassy stated that once the tickets and the modalities for their distribution are received, the information will be communicated to the diaspora community and the tickets distributed fairly, as it awaits how they should be shared.

“The Embassy of Ghana in Washington D.C. wishes to inform the Ghanaian diaspora in the United States that the Mission is yet to receive tickets for the World Cup games,” the notice stated.

The embassy assured Ghanaians that information regarding ticket allocation and distribution procedures would be communicated once the tickets are received.

“As soon as the mission receives the allocated tickets and modalities on how to distribute them, it will be communicated to the diaspora community accordingly,” the statement added.

About FIFA ticketing

Last year, a global statement shared by FIFA suggests that half a million requests for tickets have been made from across the world for tickets for the upcoming World Cup in June.

The statement shared on the football governing body on Wednesday, January 14, mentioned that, “more than half a billion ticket requests submitted during the Random Selection Draw ticket sales phase, which ran from Thursday, 11 December 2025 to Tuesday, 13 January 2026.

FIFA said it received approximately 15 million ticket requests daily over the about a month application window, marking a new record in the history of football.

“With each application validated by unique credit card data, fans placed an average of 15 million ticket requests per day over the 33-day application window, setting a new benchmark for demand in the history of world sport”, parts of the statement said.

Out of the over 500 million ticket requests, the majority came from Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia, aside from the host countries; USA, Mexico and Canada.