It will be the first sales period after Friday's draw determines the tournament schedule. With all teams knowing who and where they will play, FIFA is expecting an increased demand from international fans. In this phase, each nation will be reserved 8 percent of tickets for the matches they will be playing.
Another sales phase will open from Feb. 26-April 1 on a first-come, first-serve basis. The "last minute sales phase" will be made available from April 15 until the day of the final.
About 900,000 tickets were sold in the first stage and the nearly 230,000 tickets available in the second phase were sold out just seven hours after being made available on FIFA's website.
Brazilians were entitled to discounts and have bought nearly 70 percent of the tickets so far, followed by Americans, Australians, British and Argentines. About 1.1 million tickets have been sold until now. Organizers expect to sell a total of nearly 3.3 million tickets for the tournament, the first in Brazil since 1950.
FIFA received about 6.2 million ticket applications, and each applicant could request for up to four tickets for a maximum of seven matches.
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