Fifa World-Cup 2006 : Orders poised to top four million (ends thursday)

[Kellanved]

With the end of the first sales phase on 31 March fast approaching, applications for 2006 FIFA World Cup™ match tickets continue to flood in. The Organising Committee (OC) is expecting orders to top four million at some point over the Easter holiday period. By midnight on 22 March, the OC had received 545,404 applications requesting 3,945,487 tickets from a total of 191 countries. More than 90 percent of the orders originated within Europe, with 85 percent of these from Germany.
"We're exceptionally pleased at the high level of demand. It's further proof of the widespread passion for the World Cup in Germany," commented OC senior vice-president Horst R. Schmidt. "We're equally delighted there have been no technical problems. The internet has proved an outstanding sales channel."

Ticket applications will be accepted until 31 March through www.FIFAworldcup.com. Some 812,000 tickets are on offer in the first sales phase. Starting 15 April, tickets will be allocated in a ballot supervised by a notary. Successful applicants will receive written confirmation of the tickets allocated to them approximately two weeks after the ballot. Exact seat and row numbers will be assigned at a later date.

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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050323/1/3bqv.html

[HuckleB]

1. The dollar vs. the euro.

That's the match that leaves me out in the cold in regard to the World Cup.

[midlandsdawg]

2. Really now..

World Cup tickets selling well in Germany? Noooooo, the shit you say