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South Africa World Cup 2010 Tickets
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2007 - World Cup 2010 ticketing policies defined and ticket allocation model developed - 2008 - World Cup 2010 ticket packages set up, ticket requirements defined and preferential ticket sales started - 2009 - Public ticket sales open - 2010 - Ticket distribution
Basically the ticketing system will be controlled by FIFA and there will approximately 3,000,000 tickets available for the 64 matches that will take place in South Africa during 2010.
Of those 3,000,000 tickets a third will go to sponsors, the teams and the FIFA family. Another third will go to international visitors and the last million tickets will go to South African residents or possibly residents of Africa.
Danny Jordaan has promised to make the tickets affordable for South African residents so pricing isn't going to be a shock. The only concern is if the one million tickets for South Africa has to be spread over Africa.
As of 2005 there was an estimated 890,000,000 people living in Africa which means not everyone that wants a ticket is going to get one, so FIFA will manage the allocation of tickets as a lottery.
When tickets go on sale you will need to visit a special website that will be set up by FIFA and request what matches you want tickets for and the number you require.
Ticket sales will likely take place in 2009 and you will be given lots of notice. The website will also probably go up several months before ticket sales begin so you will be able to gather all the information you need and it will answer every possible question you may have.
Get your tickets early for 2010
Wednesday, 16 February 2005
The CEO of SA's 2010 World Cup local organising committee, Danny Jordaan, has urged the country's football fans to get into the habit of buying their tickets in good time - warning that, from as early as 2008, South Africans would be "fighting" for tickets with fans from all around the world.
It is estimated that about 2.7-million tickets worth about R4.6-billion in total will be on sale for the showpiece event. According to Jordaan, the tickets will probably go on sale from 2008.
Briefing the Gauteng Legislature's sports committee on Monday, Jordaan said there was a tradition within South Africa's football fraternity of buying tickets a few hours before kick-off.
"If one wakes up on the morning of the match and decides to go and watch a game between Bafana Bafana and Brazil, for instance, they should not be surprised when they are forced to go and watch that game on television", he said.
SA's organising committee in negotiations with FIFA to ensure that tickets are affordable, Jordaan said. The cheapest ticket at the Korea/Japan World Cup in 2002 went for US$50; in Germany 2006 they will go for 28 Euros.
"It definitely will not be equal to Korea/Japan, and must be lower than Germany", Jordaan said. "We cannot have a World Cup where African fans cannot enter."
Sports committee chairperson Pule Malefane said Jordaan had highlighted areas needing immediate strategic intervention so that, when the time came, "we are not caught off guard".
These areas, he said, included the province's transport, tourism and security infrastructure. Johannesburg and Pretoria have been earmarked as key to the overall success of the tournament.
On the 13 world-class stadiums presented to FIFA in SA's bid, Jordaan said South Africa would need only 10 stadiums; FIFA requires a minimum of eight. This, he said, would cut costs for the country and avoid leaving "white elephants" after the extravaganza.
