Football officials say one-third of World Cup tickets remain unsold less than five months before the tournament begins.
FIFA said in a Wednesday statement that South Africans and Americans led the 1.2 million ticket bids in the third round of sales which will be settled by lottery next month.
FIFA has received ticke applications from 192 countries for the Feb. 1 draw and said that the semifinal and final matches are attracting the most demand.
Some 960,000 applications came from South African residents, who are eligible for cheaper tickets.
US residents sent in some 50,000 applications, followed by the UK with 41,000. Neighboring Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia made 5,500 bids altogether.
Two ticket draws remain before the World Cup begins June 11.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
One-third of World Cup tickets unsold, FIFA says
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