World Cup 2010 tickets still available

FIFA released another 90,000 tickets on its website and with the currently unsold category one tickets of 75,000, the total tickets available for the World Cup 2010 will be 160,500. There are a total of 2.9 million tickets available for the entire tournament and at this point the stadiums are expected to be 96 per cent full. FIFA is hoping for 98 per cent coverage which will be in the same league as the World Cup 2006 in Germany. The United States and England will be the biggest foreign contingents. Of the 380,000 foreign fans 20,000 are expected to be English and this number corresponds to English fans attendance in Japan and South Korea although it is a significant drop from the 150,000 who attended the games in Germany. FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said, “The number of people coming to the World Cup from England shows that they are big fans – maybe the number one country of football, in Europe at least."

There is some disappointment in that there has not been as much sales in the rest of Africa as expected. “We can definitely talk about a disappointment when we see the number of tickets sold in Africa,” Valcke said.On the whole though, despite the less than expected sale of category one tickets, Valcke said, "The target is to reach about 97 or 98 per cent [of ticket sales], which would correspond with the figures from the past FIFA World Cups and this would make us very happy. We were a bit concerned a few months ago, now we are definitely pleased.

FIFA has allocated all the national football associations 700 tickets per game for their so-called ‘Football Family’. For the English Football League this means FA staff, corporate partners, players families and officials from county FAs, the PFA, the League Managers’ Association as well as Premier and Football League clubs. This is a part of the 12 percent of tickets meant to be sold that is given to every national association in the group matches. The ticket for sales drops to eight percent at the knock out phase.

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FIFA World Cup 2010 Schedule

FIFA World Cup 2010 schedules and fixtures:

 Group A
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
1     11/6/2010 16:00     Johannesburg – JSC     South Africa     Mexico
2     11/6/2010 20:30     Cape Town     Uruguay     France
17     16/06 20:30     Tshwane/Pretoria     South Africa     Uruguay
18     17/06 20:30     Polokwane     France     Mexico
33     22/06 16:00     Rustenburg     Mexico     Uruguay
34     22/06 16:00     Mangaung / Bloemfontein     France     South Africa
Group B
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
3     12/6/2010 16:00     Johannesburg – JEP     Argentina     Nigeria
4     12/6/2010 13:30     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     Korea Republic     Greece
19     17/06 16:00     Mangaung / Bloemfontein     Greece     Nigeria
20     17/06 13:30     Johannesburg – JSC     Argentina     Korea Republic
35     22/06 20:30     Durban     Nigeria     Korea Republic
36     22/06 20:30     Polokwane     Greece     Argentina
Group C
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
5     12/6/2010 20:30     Rustenburg     England     USA
6     13/06 13:30     Polokwane     Algeria     Slovenia
22     18/06 16:00     Johannesburg – JEP     Slovenia     USA
23     18/06 20:30     Cape Town     England     Algeria
37     23/06 16:00     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     Slovenia     England
38     23/06 16:00     Tshwane/Pretoria     USA     Algeria
Group D
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
7     13/06 20:30     Durban     Germany     Australia
8     13/06 16:00     Tshwane/Pretoria     Serbia     Ghana
21     18/06 13:30     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     Germany     Serbia
24     19/06 16:00     Rustenburg     Ghana     Australia
39     23/06 20:30     Johannesburg – JSC     Ghana     Germany
40     23/06 20:30     Nelspruit     Australia     Serbia
Group E
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
9     14/06 13:30     Johannesburg – JSC     Netherlands     Denmark
10     14/06 16:00     Mangaung / Bloemfontein     Japan     Cameroon
25     19/06 13:30     Durban     Netherlands     Japan
26     19/06 20:30     Tshwane/Pretoria     Cameroon     Denmark
43     24/06 20:30     Rustenburg     Denmark     Japan
44     24/06 20:30     Cape Town     Cameroon     Netherlands
Group F
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
11     14/06 20:30     Cape Town     Italy     Paraguay
12     15/06 13:30     Rustenburg     New Zealand     Slovakia
27     20/06 13:30     Mangaung / Bloemfontein     Slovakia     Paraguay
28     20/06 16:00     Nelspruit     Italy     New Zealand
41     24/06 16:00     Johannesburg – JEP     Slovakia     Italy
42     24/06 16:00     Polokwane     Paraguay     New Zealand
Group G
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
13     15/06 16:00     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     Côte d’Ivoire     Portugal
14     15/06 20:30     Johannesburg – JEP     Brazil     Korea DPR
29     20/06 20:30     Johannesburg – JSC     Brazil     Côte d’Ivoire
30     21/06 13:30     Cape Town     Portugal     Korea DPR
45     25/06 16:00     Durban     Portugal     Brazil
46     25/06 16:00     Nelspruit     Korea DPR     Côte d’Ivoire
Group H
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
15     16/06 13:30     Nelspruit     Honduras     Chile
16     16/06 16:00     Durban     Spain     Switzerland
31     21/06 16:00     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     Chile     Switzerland
32     21/06 20:30     Johannesburg – JEP     Spain     Honduras
47     25/06 20:30     Tshwane/Pretoria     Chile     Spain
48     25/06 20:30     Mangaung / Bloemfontein     Switzerland     Honduras
Round of 16
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
49     26/06 16:00     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     1A     2B
50     26/06 20:30     Rustenburg     1C     2D
51     27/06 16:00     Mangaung / Bloemfontein     1D     2C
52     27/06 20:30     Johannesburg     1B     2A
53     28/06 16:00     Durban     1E     2F
54     28/06 20:30     Johannesburg     1G     2H
55     29/06 16:00     Tshwane/Pretoria     1F     2E
56     29/06 20:30     Cape Town     1H     2G
Quarter-Finals
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
57     2/7/2010 16:00     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     W53     W54
58     2/7/2010 20:30     Johannesburg     W49     W50
59     3/7/2010 16:00     Cape Town     W52     W51
60     3/7/2010 20:30     Johannesburg     W55     W56
Semi-Finals
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
61     6/7/2010 20:30     Cape Town     W58     W57
62     7/7/2010 20:30     Durban     W59     W60
Match for Third Place
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
63     10/7/2010 20:30     Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth     L61     L62
Final
Match     Date – Time     Venue     Matches between
64     11/7/2010 20:30     Johannesburg     W61     W62

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