2010 World Cup tickets on sale

Johannesburg – More than 700-thousand tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup matches will go on sale on Friday, 20 February 2009, world football body Fifa said on Wednesday.

Tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa tournament go on sale to the general public on Friday via the Fifa.com website and or via the "FNB Visa Official Mascot Pre-paid card" available at First National Bank (FNB), by filling in an official application form and handing it in at one of the participating FNB branches countrywide.

Local Organising Committee Chief Executive Officer Danny Jordaan said the commencement of tickets sales was an indication that the 2010 Fifa World Cup will definitely be held in South Africa urging South Africans to buy their tickets early to avoid the last minute rush.

“We proclaimed last year already that ‘Plan B’ is dead, already we are discussing tickets for the World Cup and that clearly indicates to you that the stadiums will be ready. People need to go out there and buy tickets to watch the World Cup for the first time in Africa,” said Jordaan.

From Friday until Tuesday 31 March 2009, the first ticketing sales phase for South Africa 2010 takes place. Tickets will be allocated by a random selection draw for over-subscribed matches and ticket categories.

All orders will be entered into a random selection draw on 15 April 2009 at the same time regardless of whether they were submitted on the first or the last day of the first sales phase. If demand exceeds availability for a certain category or match then available tickets will be awarded randomly.

How to apply for tickets:

Via First National Bank Branches countrywide

• Paper Ticket Application Forms shall be available for collection from any (FNB) branch across South Africa from 20 February 2009.
• Ticket applicants will be required to read and complete the paper Ticket Application Form and to return it to an FNB branch for processing by an FNB Teller.
• Upon submission of the completed paper Ticket Application Form, ticket applicants will be required to lodge funds equal to the value of all tickets requested in the ticket application onto an FNB Visa Official Mascot Prepaid Card.
• Ticket applicants will be presented with a FNB Visa Official Mascot Prepaid Card.
• Payment for successful or partially successful ticket applications will be drawn from the FNB Visa Official Mascot Prepaid Card and the ticket applicant shall be notified by the FIFA World Cup Ticketing Centre via SMS or e-mail.
• Beginning in April 2010, successful ticket applicants shall be able to collect the tickets from any of the FIFA Venue Ticketing Centres using their FNB Visa Official Mascot Prepaid Card.
• There will be a Fifa Venue Ticketing Centre operated by MATCH located in all Host Cities.

Via Fifa.com website

• Ticket applicants are first invited to join the FIFA Club on www.FIFA.com (registration is free with no commercial implications).
• Once registered, ticket applicants may then submit a ticket application.
• Under certain circumstances, successful ticket applicants may be asked to return to www.FIFA.com to confirm their payment details.
• Successful ticket applicants will then collect their tickets from any one of the FIFA Venue Ticketing Centres in South Africa, using the payment card registered in their account. The FIFA Venue Ticketing Centres shall be open and ready for ticket collections in April 2010.

Fifa warned the public to purchase tickets via authorised channels to avoid counterfeit tickets.

Customer Services
For more information, customers can contact the FWCTC by any of the following methods:

SMS: 083 123 2010
Email: enquires@2010FWCTC.co.za
Post: 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Ticketing Centre (FWCTC)
PO Box 4928, Cresta, 2118, South Africa

There is also an information service that customers can call on 083 123 2010.