This phase, one of the last chances for fans to make sure that they do not miss out on attending the first Fifa World Cup on African soil, will run for 58 days until April 7. Tickets will be allocated on a “first come, first served, subject to availability” basis. Applications can be made via http://www.fifa.com/2010 or (for South African residents only) at FNB branches.

The third ticketing sales phase for the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa was finally concluded today. The 2010 Fifa World Cup Ticketing Centre has ensured that the maximum number of available tickets have been included in the random selection draw for the general public. Extensive validation of the results of the random selection draw process has been conducted in order to ensure the Fifa sales regulations have been adhered to.

A total of 1 206 865 tickets have been requested from 192 countries by the general public (excluding those tickets that have been sold through the participating teams to their fans). Of this total, 585 175 tickets were drawn successfully and 413 072 (70.6 per cent) of those were allocated to South African residents.

Outside the host country, the United States received the highest number of tickets drawn (35 262), followed by the United Kingdom (21 614), Mexico (11 893), Australia (11 804), Germany (9 692), Brazil (5 891), Canada (4 642), France (4 268) and Israel (3 677). In Africa, Botswana remains the leading country behind the hosts, with a total of 1 587 tickets drawn, followed by Mozambique (1 142). Kenya completes the top three African countries with 785 tickets.

With regard to individual match tickets, category four was the most popular and the final received the highest number of applications. All applicants will be informed via email or SMS whether they were completely or partially successful by Monday.

Additional information regarding the fourth sales phase: tickets are available at this stage for 53 of the 64 matches.

Matches 5, 11, 37, 45, 54, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 64 are not available in this phase. In addition, team-specific ticket series (TST) for England and Brazil are not available.