FIFA says it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year's World Cup.
Football's organising body said that outside the host United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests were made by fans residing in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia.
FIFA was asking for up to US$8680 (NZ$15,127) per ticket. After criticism, FIFA said last month it would offer US$60 (NZ$104) tickets for every game to the 48 national federations in the tournament, and the federations would decide how to distribute them to their fans who attended their previous games.
It said the most-requested match in the third sales phase, which ran from December 11 through Tuesday, was Colombia versus Portugal on June 27 at Miami Gardens, Florida; followed by Mexico versus South Korea on June 18 at Guadalajara, Mexico; the final on July 19 at East Rutherford, New Jersey; the opener between Mexico and South Africa on June 11 at Mexico City; and a second-round match on July 2 at Toronto.
FIFA said it would notify people about their ticket applications no earlier than February 5 and would allocate them randomly for matches in which demand exceeds availability.
TVNZ will broadcast all 104 games at the upcoming tournament hosted by the US, Mexico, and Canada on TVNZ+.
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