FIFA has introduced a new ticketing tier for next year's World Cup, following an uproar over the prices to attend games

The sport's governing body has announced a new "supporter entry tier" in response to criticism of the highest prices in World Cup history that were labelled extortionate.

Prices have increased several-fold from Qatar, with the cheapest ticket for most pool games costing several hundred New Zealand dollars with the most expensive in the thousands.

Now, FIFA has carved out roughly one thousand tickets per game as a 'supporter entry tier' at the fixed price of 60 US dollars - or 103 New Zealand dollars - for every match of the tournament.