| Ticket Sales Hit 500000 Mark |
| Thursday, 17 December 2009 03:10 |
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Within first ten days of the third ticketing sales of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, ticket sales has hit 500000 mark. About one million tickets tickets for all 64 matches and categories are made available in the third sales phase including a limited number for the opening match and final. A total of 386300 of the tickets were bought by South African Soccer fans, while the remaining 114237 were bought by fans from all over the world.The figures include the ticket applications received from from 166 countries other than the participating member associations allocated ticket sales. Applications for individual match tickets or Team-Specific Series can be made via www.FIFA.com/2010. South African residents have an option to apply for tickets at FNB branches across the country. The current third Ticket Sales Phase will run until 22 January 2010.The prices for group matches range from $20 to $160 (opening match: $70 - $450; final: $150 – $900) or R140 to R1 120 (opening match: R490 – R3 150; final: R1 050 – R6 300). All 32 participating member associations have started to sell their allocated Team-Specific Tickets which are 12 percent of all purchasable tickets in the stadiums for the three group games of the respective team. These tickets are made available through specified websites operated by the respective federations. For this specific ticket sales process, applications close on 13 January 2010.
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