I've decided to create this thread because people in other threads have been asking for people to give updates when tickets become available, as you never really know with fifa, wont get into that now but anyway...

If any tickets that were previously unavailable or "sold out" have become available, im sure many people will appreciate if you would post their availability in this thread. This thread is strictly meant for topics relating to ticket availability on fifa.com...

-Not intended for ticket trades/swaps
-Not intended for personal ticket sales

All other ticket related issues should be posted in the appropriate thread namely:

"What games will you be going to during World Cup?"
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=954056
AND
"Match ticket Collection booths/Whats the best way to collect them ?"
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1105175

R16 in durban after being available for some of today is now "sold out" but we know what that means... still R16 available at NMB, Bloem, and Loftus and QF's still available(disgustingly) at NMB.

Mbombela struggling to sell tickets, even to just 4 games! (okay, theyre not the best but still)

They should just be creative...i mean really.

Create a "Giraffe package":

R400-600, bus ride from Jhb and match ticket..and bus ride back after match

"Peter Mokaba, kill the octopus" package

bus ride from jhb or pretoria and match ticket R400-600

"The DA land ticket"

Bus ride from DA Land to PE for match, and bus ride back incl match ticket R500

"Sun City" ticket

bus ride from Jhb or flight from Cape Town, bus ride from ORTIA or lanseria to sun city for 1 night plus match ticket plus return bus ride to ORTIA/JHB or flight to CT.

R2000?

"Julius" package
?

"ET package"

bus ride to bloem from dbn or Ctn incl match ticket.
or return flight for R1000 extra

julius package - New Zealand v Slovakia...come and see how to really get rid of the all whites!

Out of 256 sales categories
Orange=currently not available
24 hours ago- 188 orange
8 hours ago-108 orange
currently-167 orange

There was great opportunities for Durban,Pretoria,Ellis and SC 8 hours ago

I think you can see from the numbers that the situation is very fluid.If you want a ticket you probably will get it if you're prepared to f5 the next 54 days

Opening game - SA vs Mexico CAT1 and CAT2 available.
Hurry up if you want to buy!!!!

M 19-bloem-C1 2 3 4
M 43 rusty-C1 2 3 4

X - PM'd you. check inbox

Mystified about the following
M13-civ v port
M21-germ v serb
M24-gha v aus
M37-slov v eng
M40-aus v serb

All brilliant matches,all good availability
Also USA V Slov -why has there always been tickets available for this when so many Americans are travelling?

i want cape town semis

M35 Nigeria vs Korea C2 available

33 matches unavailable
Capetown,Durban,SC=zero
Ellis-M22-C1
Loftus-4 matches x1 category

183 x orange

Back where we were a day ago

From the 500,000 to be sold only 100k have been so we should expect quite a few more

Also USA V Slov -why has there always been tickets available for this when so many Americans are travelling

Read somewhere a while ago that the amount of tickets sold to Americans isn't necessarily just for USA games...alot of tickets sold in America is actually to people staying in the USA but from other countries or supporting their home country, mainly Mexico, but also other South American teams and also some of the European teams.

cat 4 tickets available for NMB quarter final. what the fuck is wrong with them

lots of tickets now available for SC and Ellis park and Loftus

infact, if you want tickets, nows the time, plenty of games available at the minute

ITALY V PARAGUAY CAT 2 AVAILABLE AT CAPE TOWN

and now its gone...

category 4 at loftus available for R16 and Serbia v Ghana

has to be the most absurd system ever for things to not be there, appear and leave. Shocking

its not that shocking that some appear if somebody uses a fake credit card or their limit has been reached or the transaction has been declined?

FILLIT. ITS HEAH!
I can like to be an SABC presenter.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Tickets will become available whenever sponsors return them. For Germany, this happened at any time in the two months leading up to the tournament.

What you will also have will be all the tickets returned by fans who wanted to go, but can no longer make it.

When these will be available is less clear, as the resale part of the site is "down for maintenance" and will probably remain unavailable until FIFA have shifted as many of the unwanted sponsor tickets as possible.


Sadly I'm in that boat. I have 7 tickets and was really looking forward to coming over, but the mistaken belief that fans from Europe readily pay R3000 a night for hotel rooms (among other price hikes) has made it impossible. Apparently much of this pricing was due to FIFA's advice. Yes, there are some who'll happily spend the price of a small car on a two-week break, but the vast majority have nothing like that amount of disposal income. Even in Germany in 2006, I'd have been paying R600 for decent rooms.

The odds are that prices for unsold rooms, of which there appear to be loads, will drop like a stone, but I can't take that risk.


So, my message is to not assume "sold out" really means sold out. Keep checking and more tickets will become available, assuming FIFA ever gets the resale site working.

^^ Dude, I think you're overracting a little. R3000/night is not the norm. There should be plenty of accommodation in the big cities as long as you're not looking to stay in 5-star faciities.Also, we're now only expecting 200,000 visitors, down from a projected 500k so a lot more will be come available!

If you want, I'd be happy to make some local enquiries for you!

Tickets will become available whenever sponsors return them. For Germany, this happened at any time in the two months leading up to the tournament.

What you will also have will be all the tickets returned by fans who wanted to go, but can no longer make it.

When these will be available is less clear, as the resale part of the site is "down for maintenance" and will probably remain unavailable until FIFA have shifted as many of the unwanted sponsor tickets as possible.


Sadly I'm in that boat. I have 7 tickets and was really looking forward to coming over, but the mistaken belief that fans from Europe readily pay R3000 a night for hotel rooms (among other price hikes) has made it impossible. Apparently much of this pricing was due to FIFA's advice. Yes, there are some who'll happily spend the price of a small car on a two-week break, but the vast majority have nothing like that amount of disposal income. Even in Germany in 2006, I'd have been paying R600 for decent rooms.

The odds are that prices for unsold rooms, of which there appear to be loads, will drop like a stone, but I can't take that risk.


So, my message is to not assume "sold out" really means sold out. Keep checking and more tickets will become available, assuming FIFA ever gets the resale site working.

What tickets do you have?

People form Gauteng, Australia v Serbia is only a few hours away, cat 4? i cant understand why that game hasnt sold out???

Ellis Park: Usa v slovenia cat 1 and 4 available.
Brazil v DPRK cat 1 available

Brazil vs Korea Cat 1 sold out now.

Brazil vs Korea Cat 1 sold out now.

No! All CATs except CAT4 still available:banana:

^^ really. i checked Cat1 is sold out and rest are unavailable. SCREW FIFA!!!!! I wish they should add the option that they asked if they can email/sms me immediately in which any match are available...

^^ really. i checked Cat1 is sold out and rest are unavailable. SCREW FIFA!!!!! I wish they should add the option that they asked if they can email/sms me immediately in which any match are available...

yea right, you sure have dreams.

I have been looking at how smart FIFA or Match is. First they create a hype and demand for tickets knowing that consumers will panic and buy expensive (CAT1 and CAT2) tickets. This makes sure that their maximum profits are realised from this last ticketing phase.

Tomorrow they are opening the Shoprite Checkers ticketing phase. This is normally the low LSM consumer so which category tickets do you think will be for sale? Yes, the CAT4 and CAT3 tickets. That is why tickets are currently unavailable because they will be available tomorrow at Shoprite Checkers.

So don't say you were not warned. I might of course be wrong but I'll be one of the people to get my tickets there.

Just a reminder on the branches that will sell tickets tomorrow:

Checkers Hyper - Sandton
Checkers Hyper - Westgate
Checkers Hyper - Eastgate
Checkers Hyper - Menlyn
Checkers Hyper - Westville
Checkers - Hillcrest
Shoprite - Chatsworth
Checkers - Century City
Checkers - Plumstead
Checkers - Langehovenpark
Shoprite - Heidedal
Shoprite - Redhouse
Shoprite - Newtown Park
Shoprite - Nogwase
Shoprite - Britz
Shoprite - Tzaneen
Shoprite - Nelspruit
Shoprite - White River

I have been looking at how smart FIFA or Match is. First they create a hype and demand for tickets knowing that consumers will panic and buy expensive (CAT1 and CAT2) tickets. This makes sure that their maximum profits are realised from this last ticketing phase.

Which would have worked much much much better if the systems actually worked at fnb's, because people standing in lines for so long (8-24 hours) become desperate, and are willing to buy higher category tickets than they intended to, however, most people just gave up and left the line, meaning fifa missed out on many thousands of ticket sales opportunities.

Yep! I know the feeling as I was one of those people who left the line after 6 hours at the Sandton ticketing centre. I think they underestimated the actual demand and the fact that FNB and Ticketing Centres are all linked to the same Match server/s did not help due to a bottleneck.

The reason I'm confident that Shoprite Checkers will have tickets is because on Friday I placed a call to the FIFA Call Centre 0831232010 and the gentleman kindly told me to not dispair and try SC on Monday. This after I had told him that I specifically want CAT 4 tickets in Johannesburg. So I think that FIFA made an allocation to SC as they do with Bus and Plane tickets to sell to the public because they are probably not linked to Match servers.

^^ So were you right about the Shoprite/Checkers allocation?

Just took a snapshot of ticket availability in Bloemfontein.

http://i44.tinypic.com/a0ynt4.jpg

How is it possible that Japan vs Cameroon CAT3 is sold out ?? This must be a bluff considering Bafana Bafana vs France is the biggest game in this stadium. I really dont believe Japan or Cameroon fans have picked up so many tickets in CAT3!

^^ sigh just check fifa.com now that Japan vs Cameroon Category 3 become orange(Unavailable)

^^ sigh just check fifa.com now that Japan vs Cameroon Category 3 become orange(Unavailable)

Are you sure ? because nothing has changed so far from the last time I checked. I went in and checked again and saw no changes. CAT3 has been red for a while now.

anybody know whats happening at shoprite and checkers? are there queues? is anybody buying?

Just took a snapshot of ticket availability in Bloemfontein.

http://i44.tinypic.com/a0ynt4.jpg

How is it possible that Japan vs Cameroon CAT3 is sold out ?? This must be a bluff considering Bafana Bafana vs France is the biggest game in this stadium. I really dont believe Japan or Cameroon fans have picked up so many tickets in CAT3!

Category 3 only make up 20% of total tickets(607,824)
Thats only 9,200 tickets for Bloem-possible

Quick question, as I'm sure a lot of you have already physically picked up your tickets, do you have to have the names and ID no's of all the guests you plan on taking to the games when collecting the tickets? Or is the main applicants name the only one that appears on the tickets? I've heard conflicting stories about this and wanna get it straight..

only main applicant. no id number on ticket, nothing.

Shweet! That means I'm going to Sandton Isle tomorrow to pick up mine. :D Yay

^^ Dude, I think you're overracting a little. R3000/night is not the norm. There should be plenty of accommodation in the big cities as long as you're not looking to stay in 5-star faciities.
R3000+ is the norm on all the booking sites I've used in the past. There are cheaper places here and there, but I was budgeting for more like R800 at most, which is a considerably higher than I'd pay anywhere else in the world at any time.

You can save by staying out of town, particularly around cape town, or by staying in basic backpacker places, but neither appeal.


Durban actually seems to be the worst place for price rises, but there's very little value in Port Elizabeth either.

I'd love to go, but it was already looking like my most expensive trip away ever at the planning stage. Bumping the budget by another 50% makes it just impractical.


I've been resigned to not going for a while, and it would possibly be slightly awkward getting the time off work now (and I'm only on a temporary rolling contract, so annoying them wouldn't good) but I know that seven times I'm going to be watching games on tv, knowing I ought to be in the stands.

There's nothing like a world cup. The vibe is just brilliant, particularly in the first week when everyone's there to enjoy themselves, and the reality of being knocked out hasn't kicked in yet - so good luck to all trying to buy tickets.

France v Uruguay (Cape Town)
Italy v Paraguay (Cape Town)
Spain v Switzerland (Durban)
Holland v Japan (Durban)
Switzerland v Chile (Port Elizabeth)
Germany v Ghana (Soccer City)
Switzerland v Honduras (Bloemfontein)

...will all be on sale shortly, I hope.

We are paying between 150 ZAR and 450 ZAR a night for hostels.

Seriously, don't rule hostels out. They aren't dirty hippy places, you can get amazing places to stay for unbelievable prices.

Save your money for beer!

have a look at istopover.com. tons and tons of decent places for under $100 per night in cape town. accommodation prices really arent an issue.

R3000+ is the norm on all the booking sites I've used in the past. There are cheaper places here and there, but I was budgeting for more like R800 at most, which is a considerably higher than I'd pay anywhere else in the world at any time.

You can save by staying out of town, particularly around cape town, or by staying in basic backpacker places, but neither appeal.


Durban actually seems to be the worst place for price rises, but there's very little value in Port Elizabeth either.

I'd love to go, but it was already looking like my most expensive trip away ever at the planning stage. Bumping the budget by another 50% makes it just impractical.


I've been resigned to not going for a while, and it would possibly be slightly awkward getting the time off work now (and I'm only on a temporary rolling contract, so annoying them wouldn't good) but I know that seven times I'm going to be watching games on tv, knowing I ought to be in the stands.

There's nothing like a world cup. The vibe is just brilliant, particularly in the first week when everyone's there to enjoy themselves, and the reality of being knocked out hasn't kicked in yet - so good luck to all trying to buy tickets.

France v Uruguay (Cape Town)
Italy v Paraguay (Cape Town)
Spain v Switzerland (Durban)
Holland v Japan (Durban)
Switzerland v Chile (Port Elizabeth)
Germany v Ghana (Soccer City)
Switzerland v Honduras (Bloemfontein)

...will all be on sale shortly, I hope.

Rev-our accom has averaged at R500pppn for 4 and 5 star.Took a lot of finding but it can be done.We are staying in town wherever we go

Mine averaged about R580 per person per night including breakfast in good B&Bs.

Are you sure ? because nothing has changed so far from the last time I checked. I went in and checked again and saw no changes. CAT3 has been red for a while now.

Just checking fifa.com now about cat3 for bloem for Japan vs Camerooon. it been orange for long...

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8195/fifaticketbloem.jpg

Im not planning on collecting my tickets now, what I want to know will I lose out in terms getting good seats especially when the guys buying tickets over the counter get to select seats when purchasing tickets . Does anyone have info with regards to process followed?:hm:

^^according to the LOC you wont, the tickets being collected now have already been pre- selected when they were confirmed for you. Well thats what they told me.

^^according to the LOC you wont, the tickets being collected now have already been pre- selected when they were confirmed for you. Well thats what they told me.

:ohno: I year ago I wouldn’t have ask . But base on reports FIFA has increased the number of cat 4 tickets, which would mean that some cat 4 tickets will move closer to cat 3 and cat 3 move closer to 2.Now If my tickets have been already allocated to sit behind the poles and the guys buying now will then have a better seat then me. Unless I'm missing something. rant:

^^Yeah I know what you mean, that would suck BIG time! us guys who booked early gets crappier seats than the late comers :rant:

Like most visitors to SA, I will be picking up my tickets once I arrive. The method of getting your tickets I believe is by inserting "the same credit card used to purchase tickets" into the ticket machine.

However the FIFA ticket page tells me to ensure I use the exact card and to mail them if this is an issue..... Well the card I used to purchase the tickets has expired and I've got a new card which has slightly different details (such as expires date etc)

I've emailed FIFA three times and nobody has got back to me?? anyone think this could be a problem?

Like most visitors to SA, I will be picking up my tickets once I arrive. The method of getting your tickets I believe is by inserting "the same credit card used to purchase tickets" into the ticket machine.

However the FIFA ticket page tells me to ensure I use the exact card and to mail them if this is an issue..... Well the card I used to purchase the tickets has expired and I've got a new card which has slightly different details (such as expires date etc)

I've emailed FIFA three times and nobody has got back to me?? anyone think this could be a problem?

They takes ages to reply, give it some time. Took them 3 days to reply to me when I had a query.

:ohno: I year ago I wouldn’t have ask . But base on reports FIFA has increased the number of cat 4 tickets, which would mean that some cat 4 tickets will move closer to cat 3 and cat 3 move closer to 2.Now If my tickets have been already allocated to sit behind the poles and the guys buying now will then have a better seat then me. Unless I'm missing something. rant:

Don't worry, they tickets that were bought in phases 1 to 4, were assigned to seats on Thursday morning, just before over the counter sales started. So, those of use who bought early have 'better' seats than those buying now.

Like most visitors to SA, I will be picking up my tickets once I arrive. The method of getting your tickets I believe is by inserting "the same credit card used to purchase tickets" into the ticket machine.

However the FIFA ticket page tells me to ensure I use the exact card and to mail them if this is an issue..... Well the card I used to purchase the tickets has expired and I've got a new card which has slightly different details (such as expires date etc)

I've emailed FIFA three times and nobody has got back to me?? anyone think this could be a problem?

if youre the main applicant, all you need is your id.

Well the card I used to purchase the tickets has expired and I've got a new card which has slightly different details (such as expires date etc)

I've emailed FIFA three times and nobody has got back to me?? anyone think this could be a problem?

I have exactly the same problem and the Fifa told me "nearer the tournament date your FIFA Account will be activated with the option to update you payment card details."

Well, we are two month in front of the World Cup and it happened exactly what I expected: NOTHING!

I wrote them two times in the last week and got no reply.

Furthermore I putted some tickets to resell in my account last Friday and since then this part of the page is out of order.

Last but not least if you wanted to see on the german version of the Fifa-HP where the ticket collection points are you had to speak spanish until this morning.

Conclusion: My little nephew could built a better system than Seppi and he is three month of age...

Like most visitors to SA, I will be picking up my tickets once I arrive. The method of getting your tickets I believe is by inserting "the same credit card used to purchase tickets" into the ticket machine.

However the FIFA ticket page tells me to ensure I use the exact card and to mail them if this is an issue..... Well the card I used to purchase the tickets has expired and I've got a new card which has slightly different details (such as expires date etc)

I've emailed FIFA three times and nobody has got back to me?? anyone think this could be a problem?

I really dont think you will have any difficulty. I got my tickets only presenting my ID, no problems and quick. I had absolutely nothing else with me and they didnt ask for it. I just quoted all the games I am going to and they cross checked. But to be safe bring along the backup stuff you have.

You might just have to wait a little longer for someone behind the counter rather than going to the unmanned machine where you swipe your card.

As far as I know the same card number will suffice for the machine but if not the human backup is always there

Conclusion: My little nephew could built a better system than Seppi and he is three month of age...

:lol: That just made my night.

I applied today and my bookings were succesful and maoney taken from my accounts but I do not have my ID with me. Can I go there with my Drivers license and the card I used to apply and collect my ticket?

NOt sure about driving licence card. They require ID book.

I applied today and my bookings were succesful and maoney taken from my accounts but I do not have my ID with me. Can I go there with my Drivers license and the card I used to apply and collect my ticket?

If you have the card, I don't think you need an ID book.

Thanks guys, I will go to the ticketing centre this afternoon.

The ticket machine just requires you're CC
For human help you need you're id as well.

I was extremely wrong about Shoprite allocations. I guess I was hopeful that I would finally get World Cup tickets. Eish...the struggle for tickets continues.

I was extremely wrong about Shoprite allocations. I guess I was hopeful that I would finally get World Cup tickets. Eish...the struggle for tickets continues.

What match tickets are you looking for ?

I don't know about Karabo, but Im so desperate Im going for any Cape Town match in any category...

Karabo, I also went that morning to Shoprite and nutin as well :(

I don't know about Karabo, but Im so desperate Im going for any Cape Town match in any category...

Karabo, I also went that morning to Shoprite and nutin as well :(

I know loads of people on other forums that are returning CT tickets to FIFA -Italy vs Paraguay and England vs Algeria

^^ That is great news!!! But when will these be available to buy? I'm so tired of refreshing the FIFA website 24/7 :(

^^ I wouldn't be surprised if FIFA made you buy these tickets the day before the match!

All Ellis Park games are unavailable

Lotus have only few ticket for Serbia vs Ghana and USA vs Algeria.

Lol that would just be TORTURE!!!

Short story.
After missing official tix for germany,but eventually getting them anyway I was about to get on the bus to go to the match in Kaiserslauten when I get a message from Australia saying that I had official tix for that match in 3 hours if I wanted them
WTF-how would I have got to the match at that late stage from Australia?
:ohno:

does anyone know what the story is about tickets that become available?
cos it doesn't seem like anything has changed on the fifa website in the last week.
would the tickets first go to the ticket offices where they can be bought over the counter?
i ask this cos there are loads of ads telling us to get tickets... but where and how???
do the ticket offices also tell people that all cpt, ss, mm and ep tickets are 'unavailable' ?

I just inserted my card into the machine and got the tickets. There's no need of any ID when going to collect your tickets but it would be safe incase those machines do not read your card.

Guys I know that this question has been asked a number of times in different ways but nobody has answered it yet. I really would like to know that if tickets are returned, are these made available at face to face ticketing centres like FNB because clearly nothing is happening on FIFA's website. I have heard of big numbers of people returning their tickets and it is really frustrating me that I can't find out if FIFA are holding them back or putting them back on the market. Please does anybody know what is happening with those resale tickets?

^^ Honest, i dont have an idea what going on with FIFA ticket. The FIFA website should've announce about where is remain ticket goes? I expect the number of ticket will return anytime soon cos it just 48 Days away...

FIFA system still hasn't updated. It was last updated a week ago. Sigh.

Tons of people have returned tickets including TSTs of England,Argentina and few other countries that I know of.
Some of these folks who have listed their tickets for sale have received confirmation from FIFA that they were successful in selling the tickets. But I havent seen any evidence that the tickets coming back into the pool have been sold to the general public yet. Maybe FIFA is trying to get as many tickets as possible for various matches and then put them up for sale online at a future date and make it available at the local ticket centres.
But according to reports from other forums, tickets are being bought back by FIFA>

Guys I know that this question has been asked a number of times in different ways but nobody has answered it yet. I really would like to know that if tickets are returned, are these made available at face to face ticketing centres like FNB because clearly nothing is happening on FIFA's website. I have heard of big numbers of people returning their tickets and it is really frustrating me that I can't find out if FIFA are holding them back or putting them back on the market. Please does anybody know what is happening with those resale tickets?

Best educated guess at this stage is and always has been

-Ticketing centres will have exactly the same pool of tickets to sell as the fifa.com portal

-FIFA are currently concentrating on their own stock first hoping to sell as many NMB,Nelspruit,Polokwane and Bloem tickets as possible(anyone thats been tracking FIFA.com knows its been reasonably successful so far)

-resales/returns for all high selling matches simply must start to appear within the next fortnight(most likely the next week)

-resales of low demand matches will remain out of the market until such time that FIFA has got sold the vast majority of their own stock-especially higher categories

Tons of people have returned tickets including TSTs of England,Argentina and few other countries that I know of.
Some of these folks who have listed their tickets for sale have received confirmation from FIFA that they were successful in selling the tickets. But I havent seen any evidence that the tickets coming back into the pool have been sold to the general public yet. Maybe FIFA is trying to get as many tickets as possible for various matches and then put them up for sale online at a future date and make it available at the local ticket centres.
But according to reports from other forums, tickets are being bought back by FIFA>

This suggests that Match are taking these tickets for hospitality packages because we all know NOTHING has been listed for resale

hey Soccer city the ticket is available

Holland vs Denmark C1-C3
Brazil vs Ivory coast C1
Ghana vs Germany C1-2

Ellis Park

Argentina vs Nigeria C2
Slovania vs USA C1-C2
Slovakia vs Italy C1-C3

Lotus

Serbia vs Ghana C1-C2
Cameroon vs Denmark C1-C2
USA vs Algeria C1-C2
Chile vs Spain C1-C3

Nothing for Durban or Cape Town yet. Hmm... Now to wait another week for another system update...

^^ Yeah i know. I remember correctly that last week the paper that FIFA say all Durban & Cape Town matches sold out. well let see if FIFA lying or not...

hey Soccer city the ticket is available

Holland vs Denmark C1-C3
Brazil vs Ivory coast C1
Ghana vs Germany C1-2

Ellis Park

Argentina vs Nigeria C2
Slovania vs USA C1-C2
Slovakia vs Italy C1-C3

Lotus

Serbia vs Ghana C1-C2
Cameroon vs Denmark C1-C2
USA vs Algeria C1-C2
Chile vs Spain C1-C3

Damn:bash:
I want Spain v Chile but only C1 available and I'm not buying.C3 would have been perfect

cat 2 still available!

cat 2 still available!

yeah ,thanks for that although they seem to have just come back because they weren't there before.Anyway because I'm buying 6 tickets I need to consider other parties and a few folks would prefer the C3 if possible so I might hold out.Having said that they were good C2 seats-along the side in the bottom tier-6 in a row.
I just reckon things will open up a little more and hopefully I get another chance

Was 199 categories in Orange,got back 177 ,now its 182

The true situation re Nelspruit and Polokwane is coming thru now:omg:
Nelspruit-4 matches
C1=4 yellow
C2=4 yellow
C3=1 yellow ,3 green
C4=2 green,2 orange

Polokwane-4 matches
C1=3 yellow,1 green
C2=4 yellow
C3=1 yellow,1 green,2 orange
C4=1 yellow,1 green,2 orange

^^ Very few soccer lovers can afford tickets above R140 over there. The VAST majority of midde-income earners are rugby supporters.

^^ Very few soccer lovers can afford tickets above R140 over there. The VAST majority of midde-income earners are rugby supporters.

Fair enough AB but something has to be done.Recategorise tickets maybe
In relation to these 2 venues Port Elizabeth is doing far better.Until now it was thought that NMB was the one dragging its heels
Some great matches
Australia v Serbia
Honduras v Chile
France v Mexico
Greece v Argentina

A local posted this on another forum

[/QUOTE]I was at the ticketing center in Sandton this evening, the staff there was mentioning that the next batch of tickets will come up for sale on 1st May according to the information that they have. Let us see if that turns out to be true, i would estimate that the tickets would come up for sale before 9am (8:30am-8:45am) when the over the counter centers open.[/QUOTE]

^^ Which forum was that? And will these tickets be available online or do we have to go to the ticketing centre? This is great news :)

^^ Which forum was that? And will these tickets be available online or do we have to go to the ticketing centre? This is great news :)

BigSoccer forum. May 1st is a week away. What are we supposed to do this week ?
I'm calling FIFA tomorrow first thing in the morning before I head out to work. Have some FIFA related issues to deal with.:ohno:

A local posted this on another forum

I was at the ticketing center in Sandton this evening, the staff there was mentioning that the next batch of tickets will come up for sale on 1st May according to the information that they have. Let us see if that turns out to be true, i would estimate that the tickets would come up for sale before 9am (8:30am-8:45am) when the over the counter centers open.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

No one knows when tickets will be released. It's entirely up to FIFA. I work on the system on a daily basis and it's updated very randomly. Was at the FIFA Ticketing Centre today and none of my superiors mentioned anything about tickets being released on May 1st. Don't look too much into it. It may just be a rumour.

does anyone know what time the foreign based FIFA customer call center opens ? Its a 41 code,so its switzerland.

No one knows when tickets will be released. It's entirely up to FIFA. I work on the system on a daily basis and it's updated very randomly. Was at the FIFA Ticketing Centre today and none of my superiors mentioned anything about tickets being released on May 1st. Don't look too much into it. It may just be a rumour.

well.. the staff told the guy what they knew, so i take it that they were sure abt the information. What do you mean by you work on the system on a daily basis ? you work for the ticketing centre i.e you work for FIFA ?

Fair enough AB but something has to be done.Recategorise tickets maybe
In relation to these 2 venues Port Elizabeth is doing far better.Until now it was thought that NMB was the one dragging its heels
Some great matches
Australia v Serbia
Honduras v Chile
France v Mexico
Greece v Argentina

ya, but look at the games PE has compared to those other 2. they cant even sell out their quarter final or R16 or portugal v ivory coast. and still plently tickets available for germany v serbia. theyre all embarassing tbh.

does anyone know what time the foreign based FIFA customer call center opens ? Its a 41 code,so its switzerland.

Never mind...
From 18:00 hours Central European Time/South African Time contact the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Ticketing Centre via +41 44583 2010 and select number 1 in order to purchase Tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
:goodnight

lol, 1st May? damn i'll be away to south coast for weekend but i'll try ask someone to look and book especially Durban matches

I called FIFA up this morning. Seems like their call center is in India even though the international enquiry number is +41 (Switzerland)
I dont know if it was my phone, but I could hardly hear the guy. Had to have him repeat 2 or 3 times.
Final Result ? I got nothing solved by calling them. They said that I should wait for a response to the email I sent them last week. umm, wtf?
Well, the main reason why I even called them was because they didnt email me back and I thought speaking to a real person would help my case!
F**ked up

Now, I am waiting for FIFA's email back.

ya, but look at the games PE has compared to those other 2. they cant even sell out their quarter final or R16 or portugal v ivory coast. and still plently tickets available for germany v serbia. theyre all embarassing tbh.

The only surprising stat was PE's slow uptake - possibly due to economic depression. Nelspruit and Polokwane have much much smaller populations and those with money are very stricly rugger buggers. I was always worried about those to towns to be perfectly honest.

Populations:
PE: 1,244,900 (2000) - 4th biggest city
Nelspruit: 221,474 people (2000)
Polokwane: 508,272 people (2001)

I still dont understand why Chile vs Switzerland Category 3 & 4 still alot of ticket available. these games should've give to Cape Town or Gauteng.

The only surprising stat was PE's slow uptake - possibly due to economic depression. Nelspruit and Polokwane have much much smaller populations and those with money are very stricly rugger buggers. I was always worried about those to towns to be perfectly honest.

Populations:
PE: 1,244,900 (2000) - 4th biggest city
Nelspruit: 221,474 people (2000)
Polokwane: 508,272 people (2001)

Port Elizabeth isn't nor wasn't South Africa's 4th biggest city, that place is occupied by Pretoria. Maybe 5th biggest, although I think that Soweto is 5th.

I still dont understand why Chile vs Switzerland Category 3 & 4 still alot of ticket available. these games should've give to Cape Town or Gauteng.

Australia v Serbia is much more shocking. and Germany v Serbia

Bring more games to Durban :(

Australia v Serbia is much more shocking. and Germany v Serbia

This is totally amazing.All teams are top 20.
Australia and Germany also bring the 3rd and 4th biggest armies of supporters as well so the atmosphere will be good.

Lots more blocks have opened up in Joburg at ellis park and soccer city, havnt checked the other venues but CT and Durban still all unavailable.

Yes, tickets on sale at SoccerCity,Ellis Park for a few games.

England v Slovenia Cat 1 2 3. what the fuck. and portugal v ivory coast cat 1 2 3. and argentina v korea cat 1 2 3. i think from this we can conclude that they wait for a lot of resales and then sell them in big batches. this is a BIG batch. if youre still looking for tickets outside of cape town and durban, nows your time.

theres actually tickets in almost every block of the stadium for england v slovenia. its quite unbelievable.

Yea thats pretty clear, will be really pissed off if they make us wait for june to sell the big batch of CT or Durban tickets but given the insane demand for them thats probably what theyl do. However I can at least salvage hope in that FIFA have shown they aren't as clever as they make themselves out to be. The number of matches they gave PE to host is a joke. I know that you cant really put extra matches anywhere else because CT, Durbs, pretoria and JHB have basically reached their capacity of matches when you take the schedule into context of the past tournaments but still, surely something could have been done.

Just thought of one option they could have gone with, and in my opinion would have been the better option for ticket sales. Change the venue of the 3rd/4th to either pretoria or bloem. Pretoria is doing a damn good job in ticket sales and I can understand that it is nowhere near the quality of a stadium that NMB is, but surely the organisers might have considered that given the population of PE and lets face it, the lack of attractions, the large pool of games that they were allocated would always be difficult to sell out. I can understand that in ending the tournament, the LOC would have wanted to end with the four most eye catching stadiums but I think a bit more could have been done to Loftus anyways. Yes money would have been needed and they had spent a lot of that already on other stadiums but given the amounts that were spent in each province, did Pretoria not deserve for their stadium to have a slight facelift. Let's face it, if Loftus isn't fixed up ten years from now we will be wondering why with the stadiums that have been built for this tournament that we bother playing sport in something that looks like that. Pretoria is one of South Africa's capitals and the only reason it is neglected, and not only in FWC terms, is because it is so close to JHB. I am all for games on the coast, I have made it pretty clear how frustrated I am at the lack of supply left for CT tickets but really everybody and especially the LOC or whoever drew up the schedule should have known PE would never be able to bring in enough fans for 8 games.

PE locals should be doing more as well. but durban should have been given their QF and Cape town one of their group games.

Yea thats true, never realised they were without one. Just assumed the organisers wouldn't have made a mistake that great. I dont think it would have been possible to give CT any more games. I can understand the reasons for it, but 9 matches for a stadium in a world cup is a bit much, especially when it isnt a the flagship stadium. In 2002 there were double the amount of stadiums used than this world cup and the crazy thing is that they actually had more that they planned to use. The last world cup had 12 venues so I just think 9 games in one stadium would be over the top.

it wasnt a mistake by the way. more like personal interest. i.e danny jordaan

176 orange
53 yellow
27 green

Some great options available

C4 value
Honduras Chile
Australia Serbia
Chile Switzerland
3rd place

C3 value
Korea v Greece
Ivory Coast v Portugal
France Mexico
Greece Nigeria
Argentina Korea
Germany Serbia
Slovakia Paraguay
Mexico Uruguay
Slovenia England
Slovakia Italy
Denmark Japan

Just thought of one option they could have gone with, and in my opinion would have been the better option for ticket sales. Change the venue of the 3rd/4th to either pretoria or bloem. Pretoria is doing a damn good job in ticket sales and I can understand that it is nowhere near the quality of a stadium that NMB is, but surely the organisers might have considered that given the population of PE and lets face it, the lack of attractions, the large pool of games that they were allocated would always be difficult to sell out. I can understand that in ending the tournament, the LOC would have wanted to end with the four most eye catching stadiums but I think a bit more could have been done to Loftus anyways. Yes money would have been needed and they had spent a lot of that already on other stadiums but given the amounts that were spent in each province, did Pretoria not deserve for their stadium to have a slight facelift. Let's face it, if Loftus isn't fixed up ten years from now we will be wondering why with the stadiums that have been built for this tournament that we bother playing sport in something that looks like that. Pretoria is one of South Africa's capitals and the only reason it is neglected, and not only in FWC terms, is because it is so close to JHB. I am all for games on the coast, I have made it pretty clear how frustrated I am at the lack of supply left for CT tickets but really everybody and especially the LOC or whoever drew up the schedule should have known PE would never be able to bring in enough fans for 8 games.

why ? is there seriously nothing to see there ? i booked 2 nights there and watching the R16 match! :(

well not exactly, there are beaches and other stuff but its just nowhere near what CT, Durban and Joburg have. But PE is near some very nice beach areas such as Kenton, Port Alfred etc which are very beautiful and i'm sure you won't regret it if you were staying in one of these areas.

England vs USA C1 & C2 Sold out in red block.

I dont have that, I do have argentina vs korea sold out in category 2 and 3 though

just checking fifa.com wtffffffffffffffffffffff England vs Slovenia C1 - Green and C2 & C3 - Yellow Screw fifa!

just checking fifa.com wtffffffffffffffffffffff England vs Slovenia C1 - Green and C2 & C3 - Yellow Screw fifa!

All categories available
Algeria Slovenia
NZ Slovakia
Honduras Chile
Italy NZ
Chile Switzerland
Slovenia England
Australia Serbia
Paraguay NZ
Denmark Japan
North Korea Ivory Coast
3rd place

Let's see if I can get Ghana vs Australia and Denmark vs Japan. They going fast but that's if people are really buying.

Cape Town tickets are being sold back by fans to FIFA. Confirmation from one fan on another board who said he sold 4XCAT2 Italy vs Paraguay tickets.
This is the first time I am hearing tickets being bought by FIFA for the CT venue.
Hopefully it should be on the site for generate sale.
Watch this space!

those tickets will only be available from mid May onwards I imagine. Lots of people have been returning CT tickets but FIFA are obviously just putting tickets on the market which have so far received poor sales such as the PE, Nelspruit and Polokwane tickets. You will definately still see durban and ct tickets on that page, it will just be a while until they do and nobody knows exactly when.

The follwoing tickets for sale. message me if your interested.


Match 7 Germany v Austrial x3
Match 13 Portugal v Korea x3
Match 43 Denmark v Japan x4
Match 53 1E v 2F x6
Match 55 1F v 2E x3
Match 56 1H v 2G x2

The follwoing tickets for sale. message me if your interested.


Match 7 Germany v Austrial x3
Match 13 Portugal v Korea x3
Match 43 Denmark v Japan x4
Match 53 1E v 2F x6
Match 55 1F v 2E x3
Match 56 1H v 2G x2

But you're a tout.
We don't give ticket touts the time of day here.
Its SELL AT COST PRICE,SWAP LIKE FOR LIKE and thats about it.Why would anyone anyone pay 3 times the official rate from someone like you when most of those games are readily available anyway
Confirm they are at cost price or go somewhere else

The follwoing tickets for sale. message me if your interested.


Match 7 Germany v Austrial x3
Match 13 Portugal v Korea x3
Match 43 Denmark v Japan x4
Match 53 1E v 2F x6
Match 55 1F v 2E x3
Match 56 1H v 2G x2

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Hi,

I have the following extras:

1x Cat 2 Match 36 - Greece v Argentina - 22 June, Polokwane ROW G (7)

2x Cat 1 Match 48 - Swiss v Honduras - 25 June, Bloem

Please PM me if you want to swap or buy for face value.

Swap suggestions from date 22 June only.

EP

They're both good matches ep ,shame you can't go to them

lol at pathfinder

^^ I think face value may not be a sweet enough deal - there are still tickets avaiable on fifa.com for these matches. Keep trying though.

I'll be at the Greece v Argentina match - should be a nice repeat of 1994!

hey I took a look at the 06 tickets, this one specifically http://www.csli.com/whats_new/images/worldcup_ticket.jpg and it says it includes free use of transport on match day within the mdv. Firstly whats the mdv and will this apply to this years tournament?

I guess the May 1st release of Cape Town didn't come true. :(

If so many tickets are bring returned, why won't FIFA release them?

I just want to know when this will happen so i can stop looking at the blerrie website everyday!

and this one says vgn http://blog.moopsfc.com/37/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/big-world-cup-tickets.jpg any ideas?

hey I took a look at the 06 tickets, this one specifically http://www.csli.com/whats_new/images/worldcup_ticket.jpg and it says it includes free use of transport on match day within the mdv. Firstly whats the mdv and will this apply to this years tournament?


MDV was the local transport system in Leipzig
Anyway there was certainly free transport to the stadium and back on match day if you had WC tickets
The equivalent here for 2010 is Park and Ride which seems to involve parking at particular places for each venue and then you get a free bus to the stadium

Berlin: Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB)
Leipzig: Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV). There's an S-Bahn between Leizpig and Halle but you can take MDV Regionalexpress trains as well.
München: Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (MVV)
Nürnberg: Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg (VGN)
Stuttgart: Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS)
Frankfurt am Main: Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV)
Kaiserslautern: Westpfalz-Verkehrsverbund (WVV)
Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR)
Köln: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS)
Hannover: Großraum-Verkehr Hannover (GVH), the S-Bahn Hannover is covered by the tariff area of the GVH.
Hamburg: Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV)

haha this is getting rediculous, port elizabeth is now only unavailable in three blocks. Every game but two are available in every category.

Significent change in Match 27 (Slovekia vs Paraguay) to be played in Bloem, Cat 1 tickets have been snatched in numbers. That was one of the games that worried me.

Significent change in Match 27 (Slovekia vs Paraguay) to be played in Bloem, Cat 1 tickets have been snatched in numbers. That was one of the games that worried me.

i have one spare for this, if someone can pick up in Cape Town from June 9th they can have it for 200 rand

Some of the more important games
Ellis Park
M54 C1,2,3
M60 C1,2,3

SC
M52 C1,2,3
M58 C1

Pretoria
M47 C1,2
M55 C1,2,3

Rusty
M5 C1 England v USA

NMB
M49 C1,2,3
M57 C1,2,3
M63 C1,2,3,4
every match available

Bloem
M51 C1,2,3

137 orange
8 red
83 yellow
28 green

Some great opportunities.

match 8 at loftus, serbia v ghana, the cat 2 and 3 tickets are both in the identical 2 blocks. thats 100% illegal price discrimination

^^
:lol:
Thats FIFA for you

france v south africa cat 1 available. cant believe it

These must be sponsor returns and unsold TSTs

at least we're progressing to a stage where FIFA are putting those returned tickets to the highly demanded matches back on sale, hope this means we will see the CT and Durban matches soon

france v south africa cat 1 available. cant believe it

its just showing as available but when you click on the yellow box, theres nothing!

yes there is. theres 6 blocks available in the red section

Woot, PE finally has a sold out catergory: Germany vs Serbia on 18 June is sold out of cat 4 tickets.

it only stays sold out for a short while, dont know if youve noticed but those sold out categories often go back to yellow again. I think England slovenia CAT4 has gone from red to orange to yellow and back again at least 5 times. Its just FIFA's way of conning us into thinking that these will be the last tickets available and we better buy them now rather than later.

A little birdie, who works for MATCH, told me today to keep an eye out on the website tomorrow or tuesday if you're looking for CT tickets.

Might be false hope, but hey? It's better to be ready and waiting than not prepared at all, right?

M34-France v SA still available in C1
M50 in C1,2

LOTS of tickets just releases. nothing CT or DBN of course...yet.

england v usa cat 2 available. quite a lot of blocks.

there giving out CAT1 seats for the price of CAT3 seats for USA vs Slovenia!!

Cape Town A few thousand additional 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup tickets have gone on sale for the general public on Tuesday through all available sales channels.

These tickets have become available following the ongoing finalisation of seating arrangements at all FIFA World Cup match venues and further adjustments of different ticket allocations.

This process has seen additional tickets become available for some of the matches in Cape Town and Durban. However, the opening match, the first round match Brazil versus Portugal, the two semi-finals and the final are all unavailable.

Fans can check the constantly updated availability chart of the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches on FIFA.com, direct link: https://lmsfwctickets.fifa.com/LMS/MatchAvailability.aspx

“We promised to alert fans in advance whenever we have tickets that suddenly become available especially for the very popular matches.

However, it is also worth reminding fans that the best teams and players in the world will compete in this FIFA World Cup and therefore there are no “small” matches.

All 32 teams will compete at the highest level in a unique ambience”, explained Horst R. Schmidt, Chairman of FIFA’s Ticketing Sub-Committee, who added that he is pleased with the pace of ticket sales to date.

So far more than 230 000 tickets have been sold during the current fifth and last sales phase which commenced on 15 April – 173 500 over the counter (100 000 tickets have been sold via FNB branches, 10 000, Shoprite/Checkers and a 66 000 via the FIFA Ticketing Centres) and further 60 000 via FIFA.com/Call Centre. This further underlines the growing anticipation and palpable excitement in the host country

Overall, the host nation South Africa is leading the ticket sales, with approximately 1 150 000 tickets purchased, followed by USA with around 130 000, UK 97 000, Australia 43 000, Germany 40 000, Mexico 36 000, Japan 22 000, Brazil 18 000, Canada 17 000 and Switzerland 16 000.

I still see Cape Town and Durban still unavailable what a joke! :bash:

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/More-SWC-tickets-available-20100504

Well what that tells me is that CPT and DBN are the most popular locations for the SWC... everywhere else is playing second fiddle to the two big Coastal cities.

" However, the opening match, the first round match Brazil versus Portugal, the two semi-finals and the final are all unavailable."

This means that they are unavailable for now or they are really sold out?

^^ sound like Sold out

Brazil vs Ivory Coast Category 4 SC on sale...

**Edit: Above that it sold out just now.

and argentina v nigeria cat 4. both gone now. but whats going on?

yeah look my post that Brazil vs Ivory coast has sold out.

702 mentioned that a couple thousand tickets were going on sale today for CT and DBN matches...Fifa website still not updated though.

702 mentioned that a couple thousand tickets were going on sale today for CT and DBN matches...Fifa website still not updated though.

5FM mentioned the same thing. Hope the FTC systems haven't updated before the FIFA.com system.

^^ maybe couple of thousand of tickets available at counter not FIFA website?

No im 100% what we see on FIFAs website is what will be at the counters. They have to go through the Match server to get tickets. Like when I went to get Eng Slo Cat 4 tickets the guy at the table said last night he checked and they were unavailable and now they were available, exactly the same as the info I got off the website. The only thing they can see that we cant is how many tickets are available.

Shit I hope the CT tickets go on sale at a time I can buy them :P

LOTS of CT and DURBS tickets are now available!!!!

In fact there are so many matches and almost all categories are up for grabs

^^ u caught me first! Yeah there Durbs & CT ticket plenty available!

Damn
Found my 6x M47 in C3 and went thru checkout -I've exceeded ticket requests:ohno:

This is what you've been waiting for

You have to hurry! Cos when i refresh the red block growing faster....

no semis though

I really hope that CT still release CAT4 tickets, taking a look at the trend I suspect they will.

Joburgs tickets again are selling out so so quickly and it has been doing so every time FIFA release tickets, so far the CT response has been a bit slow as has Durban's, really hope at this stage the demand for CT tickets dies down, but who am I kidding, I can at least dream a bit

England Games in NMB Cat4 on sale!

well ot anymore, but something weird is happening, when I refresh the page more red blocks come up and then when I go it again they become available. FIFA trying to manipulate the system I think, im pretty sure theyve either let out very short supply of the cheaper categories(Im almost certain theyve done this) and are changing it back and forth from sold out to available(may be a combination with this but I may be wrong).

tickets are now available for round of 16 at CT in all categories

Do you notice FIFA.com system is extremely slow process. perhap too many people trying to clog and buy it fast?

were semis ever available?

were semis ever available?

Doesn't seem according to 1 bloke on bs

Almost everything else but

Banging the keyboard! I was about to process on payment and confirm and it say "Error during process on payment" :rant:

yay, manage to get tickets for nertherlands and cameroon. Yes!! cat 3 just before they became sold out.

Durban has tickets again as well....

So I managed to get tickets for Netherlands vs Cameroon Cat 3 tickets for Cape Town stadium. The money has been deducted from my bank account but my Fifa account has still not been updated and I can't get to the confirmation page again. Should I be worried? I am still waiting for an email.

Yes you need to wait from email from fifa. or otherwise contact FIFA about this issue...

My PE ticket was bought using my details but a guests details showed up on the confirmation page.

But they took their money already from my bank account

how long will it take for them to send me an email?

should be a day the most

still waiting for Semi's.... want them now! lol

All of Durban's games are almost "unavailable" again after matches being sold out.

Cool, as long as they got my money i guess its ok.

England Games in NMB Cat4 on sale!

well ot anymore, but something weird is happening, when I refresh the page more red blocks come up and then when I go it again they become available. FIFA trying to manipulate the system I think, im pretty sure theyve either let out very short supply of the cheaper categories(Im almost certain theyve done this) and are changing it back and forth from sold out to available(may be a combination with this but I may be wrong).

:bash: I think that I should just stop going to university, and just stay on FIFA.com at all times to check for tickets!

^^ i know you(crazydude) want that ticket so bad if i've your number then i'll sms you straightaway if i see that...

Durban all Cat2-4 are unavailable. only remain is Category 1 for

Germany vs Australia (few ticket)
Holland vs Japan (available)
Nigeria vs Korea (few ticket)
Round 16 (few ticket)

I have a feeling theres still a lot of tickets being held back. Theres no way that theres suddenly so short supply of PE tickets. People didnt suddenly have a mad spending day in PE because CT and Durbs became available.

So I managed to get tickets for Netherlands vs Cameroon Cat 3 tickets for Cape Town stadium. The money has been deducted from my bank account but my Fifa account has still not been updated and I can't get to the confirmation page again. Should I be worried? I am still waiting for an email.


No, you need not. After my account was debited, I went to the icketing centre to collect my tickets before I received an email or my FIFA account being updated and I got them.

No, you need not. After my account was debited, I went to the icketing centre to collect my tickets before I received an email or my FIFA account being updated and I got them.

You going to Germany vs. Ghana?

netherlands v denmark cat 4. wow.

I FINALLY GOT TICKETS AFTER 4 FAILED ATTEMPTS!!!!!! DON'T BELIEVE IT :nuts:

Going to the Round 16 Game!!!! :cheers:

BRING ON THE WORLD CUP BABY!!!!!! :banana:

I FINALLY GOT TICKETS AFTER 4 FAILED ATTEMPTS!!!!!! DON'T BELIEVE IT :nuts:

Going to the Round 16 Game!!!! :cheers:

BRING ON THE WORLD CUP BABY!!!!!! :banana:

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See you at the R16

see you all there too. one thing i really cant understand. there are tickets available in block 335 and 302. but those are where the media desks are!? explanation!

I FINALLY GOT TICKETS AFTER 4 FAILED ATTEMPTS!!!!!! DON'T BELIEVE IT :nuts:

Going to the Round 16 Game!!!! :cheers:

BRING ON THE WORLD CUP BABY!!!!!! :banana:
me also. see you there. I assume its the CT one.

I'm going to the CT and PE R16.

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/SWC-ticket-sales-on-goslow-20100505


SWC ticket sales on go-slow


Johannesburg - More than half of the 500 000 Soccer World Cup tickets offered for cash sales were still available, organisers said on Wednesday, just over a month before the tournament starts.

Initial brisk business when the fifth and final phase of sales opened in South Africa on April 15, sparking long queues, appears to have cooled.

Greg Fredericks, head World Cup local organising committee CEO Danny Jordaan's office, told Johannesburg city councillors less than 300 000 tickets remained for the June 11-July 11 tournament.

"We are approaching 90 percent ticket sales for the World Cup," he said.

FIFA spokesperson Delia Fischer confirmed that 230 000 of the allotted 500 000 phase five tickets - the first to be sold over the counter - had been sold.

Soccer's world governing body moved to cash sales after widespread criticism that its Internet-based system was too complicated and effectively excluded millions of poor black fans in the host country who do not have access to computers or credit cards.

Supporters initially rushed to buy those seats, with 130 000 tickets sold in the first three days.

Fredericks said matches in Johannesburg - which will host the opening and final matches - and Pretoria were sold out but there were still many tickets available for matches in Polokwane, Port Elizabeth and Nelspruit.

He also said the government would soon release a transportation timetable for planes, buses and other public transport for the month-long soccer spectacular.

Got a Cape Town QF two seconds ago!! hahaha

*like it*

Just got R16, Category 1 Hell yes!

there's so many tickets available, its unbelievable.
Even at CT! Will CT be able to sell out all its matches now ? lol

there's so many tickets available, its unbelievable.
Even at CT! Will CT be able to sell out all its matches now ? lol

If there is any place that will its CT.

I'm bankrupt though.

9 matches. flights. accommodation.

Is it just me who keeps finding CAT4 ct group stage tickets but when I click to buy it says no more seats available, does FIFA hate me or something.

If there is any place that will its CT.

I'm bankrupt though.

9 matches. flights. accommodation.

What! you are from CT, what are you complaining abt accommodation and flights ? :lol:

can someone put my mind at rest, I've CAT1 tickets for 5 x games in Durban. I'm still waiting for my official conformation letter from FIFA (is anyone else) But what is concerning me at the moment is.... today I was able to go online and select a CAT1 seat for the Nigeria game, I was able to select a seat on the front row of the 2nd tier bang on the halfway line which is a cracking seat. It just worries me that all these "cracking seats" will now get allocated to last minute buyers and what seats have I been allocated??

I could end up in the front row of the bottom tier which would be a nightmare. Can any of you who bought tickets online and have them tell me if you had the choice to select seat or were they already allocated and if so, are the seats any good?

there's so many tickets available, its unbelievable.
Even at CT! Will CT be able to sell out all its matches now ? lol

its not as it seems pf. firstly, most of the blocks that say few tickets, are actually sold out, they just havent been updated. secondly and most importantly. it may look like a lot of tickets available when you click and see many many blocks available, but! change tickets requested to 2 or 3 or 4, and youll see the amount of available blocks dramatically decrease. most of the tickets available are single seats scattered around the stadium, often not more than 1 or 2 per block.

**cat 4, PE, R16 now available**

can someone put my mind at rest, I've CAT1 tickets for 5 x games in Durban. I'm still waiting for my official conformation letter from FIFA (is anyone else) But what is concerning me at the moment is.... today I was able to go online and select a CAT1 seat for the Nigeria game, I was able to select a seat on the front row of the 2nd tier bang on the halfway line which is a cracking seat. It just worries me that all these "cracking seats" will now get allocated to last minute buyers and what seats have I been allocated??

I could end up in the front row of the bottom tier which would be a nightmare. Can any of you who bought tickets online and have them tell me if you had the choice to select seat or were they already allocated and if so, are the seats any good?

the only tickets that ive bought in phase 5 have been my worst, even with them being cat 2 and all my others cat 4, and the tickets id bought from previous sales phases i was extremely happy with. so i wouldnt go along with that.

What! you are from CT, what are you complaining abt accommodation and flights ? :lol:

going to matches in PE, Dbn, Jhb too!

kulula releases R300 one way flights at 6am. maybe more cities.

can someone put my mind at rest, I've CAT1 tickets for 5 x games in Durban. I'm still waiting for my official conformation letter from FIFA (is anyone else) But what is concerning me at the moment is.... today I was able to go online and select a CAT1 seat for the Nigeria game, I was able to select a seat on the front row of the 2nd tier bang on the halfway line which is a cracking seat. It just worries me that all these "cracking seats" will now get allocated to last minute buyers and what seats have I been allocated??

I could end up in the front row of the bottom tier which would be a nightmare. Can any of you who bought tickets online and have them tell me if you had the choice to select seat or were they already allocated and if so, are the seats any good?

Sorry! thats me. Got the halfway line tier 2 tickets above Sepp today.

me also. see you there. I assume its the CT one.

I'm going to the CT and PE R16.

Ya Im going to the CT one :banana:

Btw the only problem I have is that when I bought the tickets, only category 1 was available so I settled for that expecting all the tickets to be sold out soon. Now I checked again and I see a category 2 block (212) that is right next to the block I bought (214), yet its R350 cheaper!! What's the difference between categories then? What will my extra R350 get me?

they selling for many games different categories in the same block, even at the same time. theres nothing more to say than that they simply are just cheats.

Ya Im going to the CT one :banana:

Btw the only problem I have is that when I bought the tickets, only category 1 was available so I settled for that expecting all the tickets to be sold out soon. Now I checked again and I see a category 2 block (212) that is right next to the block I bought (214), yet its R350 cheaper!! What's the difference between categories then? What will my extra R350 get me?

possible rain. first few rows of tier 1 do not have cover!

Ya Im going to the CT one :banana:

Btw the only problem I have is that when I bought the tickets, only category 1 was available so I settled for that expecting all the tickets to be sold out soon. Now I checked again and I see a category 2 block (212) that is right next to the block I bought (214), yet its R350 cheaper!! What's the difference between categories then? What will my extra R350 get me?

you get to sit with hot foreign chicks in CAT1.
CAT2 you dont.
Simples.

Pathfinder_2010 you just put my concerns to rest :D

Good to see Eduard have some success

Everyone must have tickets now yeah??

Did Lydon get any tickets. Thought he was still trying to get them.

so many cat 1 portuagal tickets available (cape town) you can easily get 10 in a row in a few blocks by the half way line, they need to sell those tickets!

return flight to durban for R1000 hahah cheap cheap

Congratulations to all who got the tickets they desired. I´m very happy now with the tickets I got. TST-3 Germany + Italy vs Paraguay and Chile vs Spain. CT, Durban, PE, SC and Pretoria - perfectly the grounds I want to make.

Just 28 days left to go until my flight leaves. For love of the game. :banana2:

pretoria, the grounds you want to make. dont think so. go get yourself a ticket in nelspruit or Polokwane mate, or even rustenberg. some awesome games up for sale.

No, I wanted Loftus Versfeld. It´s an old stadium with charm and history. A good contrast to the modern ones. That´s exactly what I searched for. In this case the game is a minor matter.

And I work opposite the Velodrome PVA to view certain matches! :)

:D

Congratulations to all who got the tickets they desired. I´m very happy now with the tickets I got. TST-3 Germany + Italy vs Paraguay and Chile vs Spain. CT, Durban, PE, SC and Pretoria - perfectly the grounds I want to make.

Just 28 days left to go until my flight leaves. For love of the game. :banana2:

South Africa is waiting eagerly for you Basse.

Hi all !

Some questions :

(1) I bought on the current (5) phase CAT-4 ticket (by mistake). Is it possible to take it off from the ATM, not on helpdesk with papers ..

(2) How can I resale 1 of 2 tickets I bought on this phase ? (They all on my name ..)

(3) Is it possible to amend a flight bought through Computicket (Mango airline) ?

Thanks.

EP

1-if the machine works(not all do) then you sure can

2-When you visit fifa.com
go to ticketing>buy tickets>buy tickets
You're summary should appear
At the bottom of page-buy tickets/sell tickets

3-info@computicket.com

hehe!!...got 3 tickets for the CT QF :banana:.....but we'll be all over the place....no sequential

return flight to durban for R1000 hahah cheap cheap

really? I paid R600 :)

really? I paid R600 :)

biatch!

:D

Hi all !

Some questions :

(1) I bought on the current (5) phase CAT-4 ticket (by mistake). Is it possible to take it off from the ATM, not on helpdesk with papers ..

(2) How can I resale 1 of 2 tickets I bought on this phase ? (They all on my name ..)

(3) Is it possible to amend a flight bought through Computicket (Mango airline) ?

Thanks.

EP

WTF
how did my post -in response to post 235 slot in at 231:lol:

The availability is so empty right now, really think FIFA is holding back the demanded games to sell out the poorly demanded games at the moment, still have a feeling there will be another day with lots of categories for lots of matches soon.

Thanks _X_

I guess those are not only my own problems, so I continue the discussion here.

1 - and how can we ensure that stadiums entrance with CAT-4 ticket would not be a problem (I am not SA citizen) ?

2 - The problem is that on the summary screen two tickets for the same game were allocated with same (own) details. Actually, I haven't been asked for guest details at all. So I have only the option to resale all or none ... :ohno:

3 - sure. Thought I can also manage it from Mango website somehow ...

EP


1-if the machine works(not all do) then you sure can

2-When you visit fifa.com
go to ticketing>buy tickets>buy tickets
You're summary should appear
At the bottom of page-buy tickets/sell tickets

3-info@computicket.com

Thanks _X_

I guess those are not only my own problems, so I continue the discussion here.

1 - and how can we ensure that stadiums entrance with CAT-4 ticket would not be a problem (I am not SA citizen) ?

2 - The problem is that on the summary screen two tickets for the same game were allocated with same (own) details. Actually, I haven't been asked for guest details at all. So I have only the option to resale all or none ... :ohno:

3 - sure. Thought I can also manage it from Mango website somehow ...

EP

You will enter the stadium via the correct gate and it just won't matter mate.You wont get denied entry with a valid ticket.Play dumb if you get questioned

No 2 is interesting.Probably done on purpose to get around the max ticket allowance
I have the same situation with recent tickets.I may update the guest names

Cape Town 99%:lol:

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq159/tadpolefarm/943b1d05.jpg

Cape Town 99%:lol:

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq159/tadpolefarm/943b1d05.jpg

What kind of scale is that? Is it % on the y-axis. It looks really misleading to me if it is percentage on the y-axis.

What kind of scale is that? Is it % on the y-axis. It looks really misleading to me if it is percentage on the y-axis.

High is many tickets left, low is few. The numbers dont matter.

High is many tickets left, low is few. The numbers dont matter.

Of course it matters! Who taught you stats? :bash:

Top is many tickets
Bottom line = zero tickets

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq159/tadpolefarm/3aa270f8.jpg

They are SO not going to ask for ID at the gates.

This nonsense that the main ticketholder MUST go to the match is rubbish.

They're not going to stop you and your 5 guests at the gate, to check the main ticketholders ID.

If your kids decide to go to the stadium before you, they can't STOP them and say "where is your Dad? you have to wait for him before you can enter."

You could even bring Osama as your guest and they wouldn't care. Just as long as the stupid main ticketholder is there.

They are SO not going to ask for ID at the gates.

This nonsense that the main ticketholder MUST go to the match is rubbish.

They're not going to stop you and your 5 guests at the gate, to check the main ticketholders ID.

If your kids decide to go to the stadium before you, they can't STOP them and say "where is your Dad? you have to wait for him before you can enter."

You could even bring Osama as your guest and they wouldn't care. Just as long as the stupid main ticketholder is there.

There has been many hundreds of personal accounts over the last 20 years of major football tournaments-Euro and WC that has proved this unequivocally-they will not refuse anyone with a legitimate ticket regardless of name,unless intoxicated or anti social
Folks I know can't be bothered having their names put onto tickets even with the option

^^ Tadpole - that graphs makes it very clear that there is absolutely no movement left in tickets for Pol, NMB and Nel - only Rustenberg is showing progress. They are going to have a hard time selling these tickets at this rate.

Hey guys what the status for ticket for Moses Mabhida Stadium? I cant check fifa.com at work cos it blocked :(

Hey guys what the status for ticket for Moses Mabhida Stadium? I cant check fifa.com at work cos it blocked :(

Only CAT1 Netherlands vs Japan and Nigeria vs Korea on sale

A strange question but important to me, is only the name of the main ticket holder printed on the ticket or also the ID/passport no?