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FIFA sells 1.8 million tickets for Qatar's World Cup

General view inside the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, a venue for the 2022 Qatar World Cup REUTERS

Organisers have sold 1.8 million tickets for this year's World Cup in Qatar, world soccer governing body FIFA said Wednesday ahead of the next round of ticket sales that opens on July 5.

There is a special category of tickets available only to residents of host nation Qatar and fans in the Gulf Arab state have bought the largest number of tickets, FIFA said.

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