EVERY four years, the world’s top 32 teams come together to contest the Fifa World Cup finals.
The tournament’s big kick-off on June 11 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa is still quite a few months away, but for fans of the world’s biggest single sporting event there is another important date on the horizon: the start of the first ticket sales phase tomorrow.
Anyone who wants to attend the first-ever final phase on African soil would do well to put this date in their diaries.
The first of a total of five sales phases will run from February 20 to March 31 this year, with tickets being allocated by a random selection draw for over-subscribed matches and ticket categories.
All orders will be entered into a random selection draw on April 15 at the same time regardless of whether they were submitted on the first or the last day of the first sales phase.
Should demand exceed availability for a certain category or match then available tickets will be awarded by ballot (i.e. through an electronic random selection draw).
There are two ways for fans to order tickets: firstly, you can log on to Fifa.com, the official website of the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa where fans can sign up for the Fifa.com Club for free.
Those living in South Africa can also order tickets via the ‘FNB Visa Official Mascot Pre-paid card’ available at First National Bank (FNB), by filling in an official application form and handing it in at one of the participating FNB branches around the country.
The ‘FNB Visa Official Mascot Pre-paid card’ will be the unique Ticket payment card for the fans who are successfully awarded tickets through the official paper application forms handed in at FNB branches in South Africa.
– Fifa.com
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