Tickets for the playoffs in Mexico that will determine two of the final World Cup berths are being sold by FIFA for less than $17, far less than the $4,185 to $8,680 FIFA is charging for this year's final in New Jersey.
FIFA put tickets on sale Tuesday for the games on March 26 and 31 in Guadalajara and Monterrey involving Bolivia, Congo, Jamaica, New Caledonia and Suriname.
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Tickets are priced at 200 Mexican pesos ($11.30) for the March 26 semifinals and 300 pesos ($16.95) for the March 31 finals.
In Guadalajara, Jamaica plays New Caledonia on March 26 and the winner plays Congo on March 31 for a World Cup berth.
In Monterrey, Bolivia faces Suriname on March 26 and the winner goes up against Iraq five days later.
After global criticism from fan groups, FIFA said in December it will offer a few hundred $60 tickets for every game to the 48 national federations in the tournament proper. Those federations will decide how to distribute them to their most loyal fans who attended previous games.
Most seats on FIFA's ticket resale platform -- seeking to cut out the secondary market and earn FIFA extra 15% fees from buyers and sellers -- are well past the $1,000 mark.
FIFA has about 7 million seats to fill for the World Cup matches and said last month it received 500 million ticket requests. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proclaimed all 104 games are sold out and yet some fans received emails last week offering an extra 48-hour window for tickets sales.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
