Sales set to soar on 5 December

"It's traditionally by far the most important sales phase, as the world's football fans will by then know who will be playing whom in the group matches," said Horst R Schmidt, chairman of the ticketing sub-committee, ahead of the start of the next sales phase.

"The good news for all football fans wanting to experience this special event is that about one million tickets for all 64 matches and categories will become available in the third sales phase - including a limited number for the opening match and the final."

Fans have until 22 January 2010 for individual match tickets or Team-Specific Series. If there are over-subscribed matches or categories, or over-subscribed ticket products or categories, there will be an electronic random selection draw on 1 February to identify the successful applicants.

Sales so far… so good

So far, 674 403 tickets have been sold, corresponding to 90% of the tickets made available to date. Of those tickets, South African residents have purchased 53.6% (361 582). The foreign country that has purchased the most tickets is the US (84 103 tickets), followed by the UK (48 388), Germany (25 112), Australia (17 876), Canada (11 662), Switzerland (11 045), Japan (10 558) and Brazil (8 006).

There are two types of ticket products available: individual match tickets for a specific match as well as Team-Specific Ticket Series (TST) to follow the national team of the customer's choice. Applicants can apply for a maximum of four tickets per match and for up to a maximum of seven matches. The maximum number of TSTs that each applicant can apply for is four.

The prices for group matches range from R140 to R1120 (opening match R490 - R3150; final: R1050 - R6300. Category 4 tickets, the most affordable, have been exclusively set aside for South African residents.

All 32 participating member associations will be allocated 12% of all purchasable tickets in the stadiums where their three group games will be played. These tickets will be available through individual websites operated by the 32 participating member associations.