Unauthorised sale, resale and exchange of tickets for FIFA World Cup matches is a punishable offence that carries a fine of up to QR250,000, the Ministry of Justice reminded the public on Wednesday, citing Law No 10 of 2021. Known as the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Law, it regulates measures for hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.The Ministry of Justice has said that all legal measures have been taken to host the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in accordance with the latest systems, including the development of appropriate mechanisms to prevent the existence of a black market for tickets.According to FIFA’s ticket terms of use, guests are not permitted to transfer tickets under any circumstances. “If a guest can no longer use a ticket, then it must be returned to the ticket applicant. Only the ticket applicant is permitted to reassign a ticket to another guest,” it added.“If you cannot attend a match, you may put all your tickets up for resale on the official FIFA Resale Platform, subject to the applicable conditions. The FIFA Resale Platform and the respective Resale Policy will be made available at FIFA.com/tickets in due course.“Please note that you shall not, whether physically or online, offer for sale, sell, offer at auctions, give away or otherwise transfer or attempt to transfer, or engage a third party to facilitate or solicit offers for the transfer of their tickets under any circumstances, including any use or attempted use of tickets for advertising, promotions, incentive programmes, sweepstakes, contests, giveaways or raffles or as part of hotel, flight, hospitality or travel packages, or other commercial purposes, except as expressly authorised in writing by FIFA Ticketing, or as permitted by the Ticket Terms of Use.”
