JOHANNESBURG Football fans came out in their hundreds to purchase tickets in the last release phase last Friday, according to tournament organisers. Officials said South African fans purchased the most tickets, despite initial technical problems which affected all sales channels. At 17:00 local time on May 28, close to 60 000 tickets had been sold, and tickets were no longer available for several matches, including all three Bafana Bafana group stage matches and the final.
We are very impressed by the enthusiasm shown today by all fans and especially those in South Africa towards the 2010 FIFA World Cup. We have seen a huge demand for tickets from the local fans, in the true spirit of this football Friday. We are very thankful for the patience shown by the fans and once again would like to apologise to all the fans that have been affected by the problems in the ticketing sales system today, said FIFA Secretary General Jrme Valcke.
90 000 additional tickets for the tournament were made available for public sale across all 64 matches, including the Final, the Opening Game and the two Semi-Finals atFIFA.com, Call Centre, Ticketing Centres, FNB Branches and Shoprite/Checkers.
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