Final 2010 ticket phase kicks off Thursday

This phase, which will run from Thursday up to the last day of the tournament on 11 July, will also mark the over-the counter sales at all 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities.

Tomorrow, Jordaan and FIFA acting director of Communications and Public Affairs, Nicolas Maingot, will officially unveil one of the Ticketing Centres in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Ticketing Centres

The Ticketing Centres will start operating at 9am South African time, seven days a week until 6pm. As from Thursday, five different sales channels will be in operation.

In Limpopo the Ticketing Centre is at Lifestyle Mall in Polokwane; in Cape Town at the Spearhead; in Durban at Sun Coast Casino and Gateway Shopping Centre; in Johannesburg at Maponya Mall in Soweto and Laico Isle in Sandton; Loch Logan Waterfront Mall in Bloemfontein; Moffet on Main Lifestyle Centre in Port Elizabeth; The Groove Shopping Centre in Nelspruit; Waterfall Mall in Rustenburg and Brooklyn Mall in Pretoria.-

The second method of purchasing tickets can be done at the 600 FNB branches nationwide which are open five days a week from 9am on 15 April. The process is new and fans can order tickets, make payment and get ticket confirmation immediately; the actual tickets need to be collected at the FIFA ticketing centres or Shoprite/Checkers sales points.

Tickets can also be purchased through FIFA's official website, FIFA.com, from 6pm as well as through the Call Centre Hotline on 083 123 2010 for South African residents or 0041445832010 for international residents.

Tickets at retail outlets

Eighteen Shoprite/Checkers sales points will also be open seven days a week from 9am on April 19.

In Johannesburg at Checkers Hyper - Sandton, Westgate, and Eastgate; and in Pretoria at Checkers Hyper - Menlyn.

In Durban at Checkers Hyper - Westville, Checkers - Hillcrest, Shoprite - Chatsworth; in Cape Town at Checkers - Canal Walk (Century City), and Plumstead; in Bloemfontein at Checkers - Langehovenpark and Shoprite - Heidedal.

In Port Elizabeth at the Shoprite - Redhouse, and Newton Park; in Rustenburg at Shoprite - Mogwase, and Brits; in Polokwane at Shoprite - Tzaneen; in Nelspruit at Shoprite - Nelspruit, and White River.

Fans will need to bring an ID, a credit card or cash when applying at the ticketing centres.