AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers – AFC Asian Cup Tickets: The ticket crisis for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers once again sends fans of Kolkata in disarray. The apex footballing body of the country, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) thought that not many people would be willing to watch India play against lower-ranked teams. But contrary to that within minutes the available tickets were all sold out: Follow AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Live & Indian Football Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
Following the complete sell-out of online tickets for India vs Cambodia for the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers, new tickets were made online on 6th June.
AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers: Ticket CRISIS Hits Kolkata, Fans AWAIT hours before getting Match tickets for India vs Cambodia – Check Out.
AFC Asian Cup Tickets: The tickets went online at 11 am.
“Online tickets to be released as batches and would be available tomorrow at 11 AM. Physical collection of online tickets to commence between 5-8 PM (instead of 12 PM) tomorrow at the YBK box office 2.”
🎥 | After standing in the long queues for nearly 1.30 hrs, ticket distribution has begun. Watch as fans queued up start celebrating following the tickets being issued. 👇🇮🇳
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In the afternoon excited fans started to flock to the Salt Lake stadium to collect the tickets. As per reports from various sources, fans were made to wait for nearly 2 hours before the tickets were delivered.
India vs Cambodia LIVE: In the first match of Asian Cup qualifying India will take on Cambodia at the Salt Lake Stadium on June 8. All match tickets for the game were sold out within 10 minutes, forcing the AIFF to issue more.
While the All India Football Federation has made all the tickets “complimentary”, the state government has “allowed just 12,000 tickets” in the 70,000-capacity Salt Lake Stadium to avoid any law and order problem.
“They (opposition teams) should feel it. If in a stadium of almost 90,000 people if only 10-15,000 what’s the point of having a home advantage?” Chhetri had asked.
“I hope they (state government) will allow it, otherwise it will be a chaos and they will barge in.”
After Chhetri’s reaction made headlines, there was a meeting between the state government and the AIFF this morning and it was “decided to open up the stadium as long as there’s demand”.
AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers: Ticket CRISIS Hits Kolkata, Fans AWAIT hours before getting Match tickets for India vs Cambodia – Check Out.
How to buy online tickets for India’s 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers?
Fans can buy tickets for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers that will take place in Kolkata on BookMyShow.com.
For those who book their tickets online would need to collect their physical tickets upon producing the confirmed booking ID from either Box Office 2 at the stadium or the Indian Football Association (IFA) office.
Fans will be able to book their online tickets on BookMyShow portal, and need to collect their physical tickets from two centres – Box Office 2 at VYBK, & IFA Office. Physical tickets will be handed over upon producing the confirmed booking ID. All tickets will be complimentary. A physical ticket is mandatory for fans to get an entry to the stadium.
When should fans collect their tickets for India’s 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers?
Online tickets for India’s opening group game against Cambodia will be available from June 4 from 11am onwards, and physical tickets need to be collected from June 6,
Similarly, online tickets for India’s games against Afghanistan and Hong will be available from June 8 and June 11, respectively, from 11am onwards, and physical tickets need to be collected from June 9 and June 12.
Offline tickets will be available from the previous day of India’s games at the Box Office 2 at the stadium and IFA office. Fans should keep a note about the tickets’ availability and the timings by keeping an eye on the official social media handle of the AIFF. One person will be able to avail a maximum of four tickets and tickets will be issued as per availability basis. All tickets will be complimentary.
AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers: Ticket CRISIS Hits Kolkata, Fans AWAIT hours before getting Match tickets for India vs Cambodia – Check Out.
