ZURICH: Within the first five hours of the second period of the second sales phase opening, 203,330 tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup were allocated to football fans from around the world via www.FIFA.com.

The five countries with the most ticket requests were Brazil (143,085), USA (16,059),  Australia (5,357), Colombia (4,574), and Argentina (3,800).

Fans can see the respective availability per match in the chart on www.FIFA.com/tickets, which is constantly updated. This sales period is scheduled to last until 01 April 2014.

FIFA would like to take this opportunity to remind fans that all spectators, including children of all ages, require a ticket to access the stadium and that FIFA.com is the only online sales platform for tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™.

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