World Cup tickets, facts and figures of the first phase sales
Here’s a few facts and figures from Fifa.com regarding the first phase of ticket sales for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
- 1,862,319 tickets requested from 205 countries
- 555,871 tickets allocated to lucky winners in first ballot phase
- 245,948 tickets allocated to South African citizens (44%)
- Other top countries allocated were: USA 69,208, UK 39,421, Germany 29,330
- Most popular team was England with 228,822 team-follow requests (ie tickets for all England games) with only 8,895 tickets available.
- Most popular match category was 4.
- Most over-subscribed match was the final by a factor of 3,000%
- Number of oversubscribed matches was 52
For those lucky enough to receive tickets in the first phase they will be notified by the end of this month (April). They originally said 3 days but I guess even their mailing system is struggling with demand. Would be good to hear from anybody who has received tickets already, I’m still waiting for mine!
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Did you get your tickets?
I got a TST-5 series for Mexico, which then turn out to have the opening match included!