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    World Cup ticket collectors savor treasure hunt as they fight for authentic memorabilia

    Mohammed Abdullateef attended his first World Cup four years ago in Russia, where he had to settle for watching most of the games on TV. "It was difficult," he remembered, "to get a ticket." Talk about ironic. Few people on the planet have more World Cup tickets than Abdullateef, whose collection numbers 1,200 and counting. He has tickets to all but one World Cup game played since 1958. For ...
    by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times Jul 25, 2022 5 minutes
    Mohammed Abdullateef's collection includes this rare 1934 World Cup final ticket signed by three players.

    Mohammed Abdullateef attended his first World Cup four years ago in Russia, where he had to settle for watching most of the games on TV.

    "It was difficult," he remembered, "to get a ticket."

    Talk about ironic.

    Few people on the planet have more World Cup tickets than Abdullateef, whose collection numbers 1,200 and counting. He has tickets to all but one World Cup game played since 1958. For the inaugural tournament in 1930, when tickets were sold in three categories, he has all three, plus an Associated Press media credential.

    He even has tickets to games that were never played, like a Germany-Switzerland knockout-round match from 1938 that was originally scheduled for two dates, and the final in 1982, when Abdullateef said tickets for a backup date were printed but never used.

    However, as Moscow proved, he doesn't do quite as well

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