FIFAhasreceivednearly 700,000 ticketapplicationsfortheWorldCupinSouthAfrica, theCapeArgusnewspaperreportedonWednesday. Theseapplicationscomefrommorethan 170 countries. TherearejusttwoweeksuntilthepresentsalesphaseclosesonJan. 22.
FIFAstipulatesitmakesnodifferencewhetherapplicationissubmittedearlyoraslate, aseachcorrectlysubmittedapplicationwillhavethesameopportunityofbeingsuccessfulinthedrawscheduledfornextmonth.
Intotal, aboutonemillionticketsweremadeavailableinthethirdsalesphase, includingalimitednumberfortheopeningmatchandthefinal.
Categoryfourtickets, themostaffordable, havebeenexclusivelysetasideforSouthAfricans. Ofthe 675,684 applicationsreceived, 520,960 werefromSouthAfricanresidents.
SouthAfricanshaveaccountedformorethanthree-quartersofthetotal, withtheUnitedStatesleadingtherestoftheworldintermsofapplications.
USfanshaveappliedfor 22,942 tickets, followedbytheBritainof 20,000, Mexicoin 7,981, Germanyin 7,697, Australiain 6,277 andBrazilin 4,760.
Fansmayapplyforamaximumoffourticketsforeachmatch, andforuptoamaximumofsevenmatches.
All 32 participatingmemberassociationswillbeallocated 12 percentofallpurchasableticketsforthestadiumsatwhichtheirthreegroupgameswillbeplayed.
SoccerfansmayalsobuyauthorizedtravelpackagesthroughparticipatingtouroperatorsappointedbyFIFA.
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