Another 400,000 are on sale for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

FIFA has now gone through the next (fourth) batch of sales; another total sale of over 400,000 tickets, making it a total of over two million tickets sold till now (including tour operators and the PMA sales). According to FIFA, this amounts to two thirds of the total tickets available in general.

Tickets for 11 matches are now available during this 4th tickets sale phase :
5: England vs USA,
23: England vs Algeria,
37: Slovenia vs England,
45: Portugal vs Brazil,
54: Round 16 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg,
56: Round 16 at Cape Town,
59: Quarter Final at Cape Town,
60: Quarter Final at Ellis Park, Johannesburg,
61: Semi Final at Cape Town,
62: Semi Final at Durban and
64: Final at Soccer City, Johannesburg).

These are available until 7 April 2010 and tickets are will be sold on a “first come, first serve’ basis always subject to availability. The applications can be sent through the official FIFA website. FIFA’s Horst Schmidt added; “The first come first serve principle means that if you do not apply on time, you run the risk of not getting a ticket.”

As of the 9th of February, you can check for a list of updated ticket availability, including the team specific ticket series on FIFA.com.

Many football legends are supporting this World Cup and trying to give the sales an extra KICK.

Roger Milla for Cameroon commented, “In Africa, we are so happy to have received this “It was the right decision to finally have an African country hosting this tournament,” as well as the Mexican Hugo Sanchez; “I’m very happy for Africa. The continent had to wait so many years for this occasion. To have South Africa hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup is not only very good for football, but also for the whole African continent.”

Pele stated; “Everybody knows that I’m very confident and happy because I was the one who was fighting for the World Cup to be in Africa. They deserve it.”