2010 FIFA World Cup™ call centre now open Feb 17, 2010

by Sarah Gurney

The FIFA World Cup™ ticketing sub-committee has opened a call centre to assist soccer fans who want buy tickets for the World Cup.

According to Kickoff.com, Horst Schmidt, chairman of the FIFA World Cup™ ticketing sub-committee, has urged fans not to wait for the last-minute over-the-counter sales “as the tickets are allocated on a first come, first served basis”.

Within the first 100 hours of the fourth ticket sales phase, an impressive 74 146 tickets were sold, and 130 000 applications were still being processed. These figures show that time is of the essence if fans would like to say, “I was there!”

The call centre will operate from 10h30 until 19h30 seven days a week. 

The South African call centre number is +27 (0)83 123 2010 and the international number is +41 44 583 2010.