World Cup ticket applications soar 15/12/2009 |
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Fifa received half a million ticket applications for next year’s World Cup in the first ten days of the third ticketing phase.
The latest batch of tickets went on sale following the draw for the group stages, which took place in Cape Town earlier this month. Almost 400,000 applications (77 per cent) were made by South African residents after warnings from organisers that home fans were in danger of being outnumbered by visiting supporters.
Perhaps surprisingly, the United States has applied for more tickets than any other country in the third sales phase (22,942), followed by the UK (20,232), Mexico (7,981), Germany (7,697), Australia (6,277) and Brazil (4,760).
“In comparison with previous editions of the World Cup, the latest ticket applications figures are impressive,” said Horst R Schmidt, chairman of the Fifa ticketing sub-committee.
South Africa 2010 chief executive Danny Jordaan added: “The number of domestic applications have increased significantly. By buying a ticket, South Africans buy not only a seat to watch a match, but also their spot in South African history.”
The current ticket sales phase will run until January 22. In total, around one million tickets for all 64 matches and categories are made available in the third sales phase – including a limited number for the opening match and the final.
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