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China Obtains 18,694 World Cup Soccer Tickets

China has already obtained a total of 18,964 World Cup finals tickets, the country's official World Cup ticket broker said in Beijing on Friday (April 19).


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China has already obtained a total of 18,964 World Cup finals tickets, the country's official World Cup ticket broker said in Beijing on Friday (April 19).

"FIFA has decided to allocate China 4,215 more tickets after their Group C rivals failed to sell their share," said Lai Keyou, president of the China International Sports Travel Company (CISTC), the sole World Cup ticket broker authorized by the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

China, along with Brazil, Costa Rica and Turkey, have been drawn into Group C at the World Cup finals which take place from May 31 to June 30.

"FIFA informed CFA recently that Turkey and Costa Rica have 2, 894 and 1,321 tickets respectively yet to sell. In view of Chinese fans' great demand for the World Cup tickets, CISTC decided to book all the unsold tickets," said Lai.

The allocated tickets are all for China's first-round Group C matches in South Korea.

"The South Korea World Cup Organizing Committee (KOWOC) will also divert 4,000 tickets to Chinese fans for China's group matches," he said.

"Adding up to the initial 10,749 tickets FIFA allocated to China, we now have 18,964 tickets."

The tickets for China's match against Brazil on June 8 have sold out while there are some still available for the Costa Rica and Turkey games on June 4 and June 13 respectively, Lai added.


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