"All third sales phase applicants will be informed via e-mail or SMS
whether they were completely or partially successful by Monday" - FIFA.
The third ticketing sales phase for the
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa was finally concluded on Friday. The 2010 FIFA
World Cup Ticketing Centre has ensured that the maximum number of available
tickets have been included in the random selection draw for the general public.
Extensive validation of the results of the random selection draw process has
been conducted in order to ensure the FIFA Sales Regulations have been adhered
to.
A total of 1,206,865 tickets have been
requested from 192 countries by the general public (excluding those tickets
that have been sold through the participating teams to their fans). Of this
total, 585,175 tickets were drawn successfully, and 413,072 (70,6%) of those
were allocated to South African residents.
Outside the host country, the United States
received the highest number of tickets drawn (35,262), followed by the United
Kingdom (21,614), Mexico (11,893), Australia (11,804), Germany (9,692),
Brazil (5,891), Canada (4,642), France (4,268) and Israel (3,677). In Africa,
Botswana remains the leading country behind the hosts, with a total of 1,587
tickets drawn, followed by Mozambique (1,142). Kenya completes the top three
African countries with 785 tickets.
With regard to individual match
tickets, category 4 was the most popular and the final received the highest
number of applications.
Additional
information regarding the fourth sales phase: tickets are available at this stage
for 53 of the 64 matches. Matches 5, 11, 37, 45, 54, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 64
are not available in this phase. In addition, team-specific ticket series (TST)
for England and Brazil are not available.
The fourth ticket sales phase for the
2010 FIFA World Cup has kicked off. This phase, one of the last chances for
fans to make sure that they do not miss out on attending the first FIFA World
Cup on African soil, will run for 58 days until 7 April 2010. Tickets will be
allocated on a "first come, first served, subject to availability" basis.
Applications can be made via http://www.fifa.com/2010 or at any FNB branch.