South Africans who still wish to purchase 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets will be relieved to know that a few thousand additional tickets have gone on sale today.
Football body FIFA said the tickets became available following the ongoing finalisation of seating arrangements at all World Cup match venues and further adjustments of different ticket allocations.
This process has seen additional tickets become available for some of the matches in Cape Town and Durban. However, the opening match, the first round match Brazil versus Portugal, the two semi-finals and the final are all unavailable, a statement said.
However, football fanatics were reminded that the best teams and players in the world will compete in this FIFA World Cup and therefore there are no "small" matches.
"All 32 teams will compete at the highest level in a unique ambience", said Horst R. Schmidt, Chairman of FIFA's Ticketing Sub-Committee.
Over-the-counter sale points are available in at least 11 Ticketing Centres, 18 selected Shoprite/Checkers and more than 600 FNB branches nationwide. People can reach the Call Centre on 083 123 2010 seven days a week between 9am and 6pm.
So far, more than 230 000 tickets have been sold during the current fifth and last sales phase which commenced on 15 April with 173,500 tickets sold over the counter while the remainder went on sale via FNB branches, Shoprite/Checkers and Ticketing Centres. - BuaNews
