Ticketing in World Cup 2014!!

Ticketing in World Cup 2014!!

The total of 3,334,524 tickets for the tournament has been forecast by FIFA. Most of the tickets are distributed to groups such as commercial affiliates, hospitality clients, media rights holders and VIPs.  for each individual match, 8% of the tickets are reserved for fans of a competing team. 1.1 million are to be sold to the general public (400,000 to Brazilian residents only, 700,000 overseas and Brazilians). 

The sale of tickets to the general public has been divided into three phases and there are four categories of tickets being available to Brazilian residents. Discounted tickets are available to Brazilians aged over 60 year, students and those receiving (Bolsa Família) welfare. These are available for as little as 30 Brazilian reals (roughly US$12.50), while the most expensive ticket of the competition on general sale is a Category 1 seat for the final that retails at US$990.

 In addition to individual tickets "venue specific tickets", which give access to all matches staged in a host city (during the group stage and round of 16), and "team ticket series", which give access to all matches of a chosen team during the tournament, are also available.

On 20 August 2013 , tickets went on sale with 2.3 million requested during the first 24 hours. By the end of this first phase of sales in October 2013, over 6 million requests had been received from the general public.  FIFA staged a random draw to allocate tickets with a total of 889,305 tickets. 71.5% of these were sold to Brazilian residents. The highest number of overseas sales being to those in the United States.

Further 220,000 tickets issued on a first come, first served basis sold out within seven hours of being placed on sale in November 2013. Following the final draw in December 2013, a second phase of ticket sales began and concluded the following month, attracting over 3.5 million applications. Any remaining tickets were then made available on a first-come, first-served basis from March 2014 onward and can also be purchased in person at designated FIFA ticketing centres.