The second phase of ticket sales for the FIFA 2010 World Cup commenced on Monday this week, this time on a first come, first served basis.
Within the first eight hours of ticket sales opening on 4 May, 185 000 applications were received, 100 000 being for individual matches and 85 000 for team-specific matches. Only 100 000 tickets in total are available for sale in this second phase. Each individual may apply for four tickets, up to a total of seven matches, to ensure that all ticket applicants have a fair chance of being able to buy tickets.
At the end of April FIFA notified over 250 000 applicants as to their success in buying tickets for the matches between 11 June and 11 July next year. The ticket sales in the first phase were done on the basis of a random ticket draw.
The Final in Johannesburg appears to be sold out, and most of the lower priced tickets for the semi-finals in Cape Town and Durban have also been sold.
Two further ticket sale phases will enable soccer fans to bid for tickets.
20
3070
27k
20