Women’s European Championship tickets: Football fans rage as England vs Sweden Euro 2022 tickets sell for £500 on eBay
Online ticket sales have been branded “disgraceful” by angry fans who are being priced out of supporting their team at the Women’s Euro 2022.
The European Women’s Championship – held across England in July – has been the most successful European Championship ever, with record attendances and record results. But now it seems those who bought the tournament have cashed in on the tournament’s success, with fans desperate to get in on the action as the tournament heads to its thrilling conclusion.
Sarina Wiegman’s England side take on Olympic silver medalists Sweden tomorrow night (July 26) in the semi-finals of Euro 2022 at a sold-out Bramall Lane in Sheffield after progressing to the latter stages by defeating pre-tournament favorites Spain in the quarter-finals last week.
A win for the host nation would see them qualify for their first major tournament final since Euro 2005, where they finished second after losing 6-2 to Germany in Helsinki.
Understandably, with the stakes high, fans have been clamoring to be part of what could be a historic night for the Lionesses who could secure a finals place at Wembley Stadium.
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Now the bookies’ favorites to lift the trophy, the Lionesses have been in scintillating form during the tournament, scoring 14 goals in their first three games to ease out of the group stage.
And with extremely high demand for tickets, UEFA’s ticketing site made limited tickets available for tomorrow’s match at 10.00 this morning. But fans went berserk when tickets sold out almost immediately only to appear on eBay at hugely inflated prices.
Tickets were listed for sale in three categories via the ticket portal, with prices starting at just £15 for the semi-final match. Although many fans are struggling to get through after being placed in a queue, with many tickets being listed on auction site eBay for a ‘starting price’ as high as £500.
That made one Twitter user particularly upset after missing out on a semi-final ticket. They wrote: “These ticket companies are a joke! The fact that they have managed to get ahead of real fans in terms of tickets is disgraceful! Also there shouldn’t be a limited number of tickets being released. Ridiculous!”
Other users wrote that they were disappointed to have missed out, but encouraged those who had spare tickets to resell them to genuine fans.