Founded in 2007, MATCH Hospitality AG is the global industry leader in the development, sales, management and production of official commercial hospitality programmes for major sporting events- boasting an impressive portfolio of past and current events in football, tennis and motorsport. The company is based in Zurich with offices in London, Manchester, Moscow, Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro an
d the shareholders are BH Hospitality Limited, Dentsu Inc., Klaus-Peter Kofler, GL events Live S.A, and Winterhill Hospitality Limited. The FIFA World Cup™ Official Hospitality Programmes are our largest operation to-date. FIFA appointed MATCH Hospitality as the worldwide exclusive rights holder of the FIFA Hospitality Programme including the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011™, the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013, the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ and the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™. On 1 November 2011, FIFA and MATCH Hospitality announced an extension to the appointment for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup™ tournaments, as well as for the FIFA Confederations Cups in 2017 and 2021 and the FIFA Women's World Cup™ tournaments in 2019 and 2023. The appointment encompasses both the sale of hospitality packages on an exclusive worldwide basis and the operations of the FIFA Hospitality Programme. MATCH Hospitality is the only company worldwide that is authorised by FIFA to offer and guarantee exclusive ticket-inclusive hospitality packages for every match of the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ and 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™, directly or through its appointed Sales Agents. The Brazilian Olympic Committee as well as the Russian Olympic Committee have appointed MATCH Hospitality as the exclusive Authorised Ticket Reseller for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games & 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. The appointment encompasses both the sale of tickets and ticket-inclusive travel packages on an exclusive basis to all customer groups across Brazil and the Russian Federation. MATCH Hospitality also offers a range of product for other world class sporting events including the Nitto ATP Finals, Brussels Grand Départ and the Formula 1 Paddock Club™.