FIFA Allocates 2.3 Million Tickets for 2014 World Cup
February 21, 2014
FIFA have announced they have allocated 2.3 million tickets for the 2014 World Cup.
The details emerged after the second lottery-type sale for the 64-game tournament that kicks off in Sao Paulo on June 12. FIFA said it had requests for 3.5 million tickets from 199 countries in the latest sales phase, and allocated 473,000.
Across all general public sales phases on FIFA.com including the sale of the participating teams’ quotas, 1.5 million tickets have been of allocated to supporters to date: 57% to Brazilians and 43% to international fans. Brazil remains the nationality with the most Assigned tickets (906.433 of allocated tickets so far), Followed by the United States (125.465) and Colombia (60.231). Germany (55.666), Argentina (53.809), England (51.222), Australia (40.446), France (34.971), Chile (32.189) and Mexico (30.238) complete the list of top 10 nations with the most ticket allocations. In total, through all sales channels including the hospitality programs and other constituent groups, 2.3 million tickets have been Assigned.
Thierry Weil , FIFA Marketing Director in charge of ticketing, commented: “With 290.169 tickets Dedicated to supporters of the participating teams of allocated now, we start to see a balance in the ticket assignment. The teams can count on the support of Their fans in the twelve stadiums in Brazil. This shows the huge anticipation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on all corners of the world and did we can expect an incredible atmosphere at all matches in the stadiums in June and July, as we experienced falling on load-year’s FIFA Confederations Cup.”
FIFA will start a first-come-first-served sale on March 12 when a further 159,000 tickets will be made available to the general public.
As well as in direct sales to fans, FIFA has allocated tickets to national soccer associations and sponsors and in hospitality packages. About 1 million tickets have yet to be allocated for the tournament.