Over 1.6m bookings for 2010 World Cup
Fifa has received over 1.6 million ticket applications from across 205 countries for the 2010 Fifa World Cup after the first round of ticket sales, with locals counting for 30% of the applications, and most overseas interest coming from the United States followed by Britain, Germany, Italy and Australia.
Over 1.6 million ticket applications have been made to Fifa for the 2010 World Cup, in the first phase of ticket sales that ended on Tuesday night.
Fifa announced on Wednesday that it received 1 635 136 applications from fans across 205 countries since tickets went on sale on 20 February.
Although there were some complaints from local fans about the difficulties in getting their applications in, the world football governing body said the first phase had gone well.
"This impressive total underlines the extraordinary level of interest all over the globe," said 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC) chief executive Danny Jordaan.
South African residents made around 30% of the 1.6 million requests for seats.
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