Voorverkoop kaarten WK2006 begonnen.

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Op woensdag 2 februari 2005 20:03 schreef Glatze het volgende:
Ik zat op de site te kijken, en ik wil graag weten wat er met je kaarten-reservering gebeurt van de zogenaamde TST-4 t/m 7 deal als Nederland zich niet kwalificeert voor het WK. Dit kan ik nergens terugvinden.

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Op woensdag 2 februari 2005 20:08 schreef DutchGooner het volgende:
Kaarten aangevraagd voor wedstrijden in Dortmund,Gelsenkirchen en de finale.

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Ticket orders break two million barrier

The number of tickets ordered for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ has burst through the two million barrier and continues inexorably upwards. By the morning of Thursday 24 February 2005, the Organising Committee had received exactly 319,874 applications requesting a total of 2,198,462 match tickets.
The applications originate from 176 different countries, with 96 percent from Europe and 85 percent from Germany. "Some matches are overbooked, the Final in particular. But we still have tickets for many of the group matches so there's a good chance of success," declared OC senior vice-president responsible for ticketing Horst R. Schmidt. "We're delighted with the response, and just as delighted at the complete absence of technical problems."

Some 812,000 tickets are on offer in the first sales period until 31 March 2005. The lucky recipients of FIFA World Cup tickets will be chosen in a match-by-match random ballot on 15 April 2005. The draw procedure must be completed before ascertaining ticket quotas and a start date for the anticipated second sales period.

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Orders poised to top four million

With the end of the first sales phase on 31 March fast approaching, applications for 2006 FIFA World Cup™ match tickets continue to flood in. The Organising Committee (OC) is expecting orders to top four million at some point over the Easter holiday period. By midnight on 22 March, the OC had received 545,404 applications requesting 3,945,487 tickets from a total of 191 countries. More than 90 percent of the orders originated within Europe, with 85 percent of these from Germany.
"We're exceptionally pleased at the high level of demand. It's further proof of the widespread passion for the World Cup in Germany," commented OC senior vice-president Horst R. Schmidt. "We're equally delighted there have been no technical problems. The internet has proved an outstanding sales channel."

Ticket applications will be accepted until 31 March through www.FIFAworldcup.com. Some 812,000 tickets are on offer in the first sales phase. Starting 15 April, tickets will be allocated in a ballot supervised by a notary. Successful applicants will receive written confirmation of the tickets allocated to them approximately two weeks after the ballot. Exact seat and row numbers will be assigned at a later date.

Commented Schmidt: "Everyone is still in with a chance of obtaining tickets. However, we knew before we started that we'd receive more applications than there are tickets. We're expecting a rush of applications towards the end of March, as we've observec a steady increase over the last few days."

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Draw of 812,000 FIFA World Cup Tickets
At the stroke of 10.00 on Friday, David Will, FIFA Vice-President and Horst R. Schmidt, 1st Vice President of the OC 2006 FIFA World Cup triggered the draw for the first tickets of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ with a mouse click. A total of 812,000 tickets were available in the first sales phase: 665,000 individual tickets and 147,000 Team-Specific Tickets (TSTs). About 80 percent of the orders placed were from Germany (Photo: David Will, FIFA Vice-President (r), and Horst R. Schmidt, 1st Vice President of the OC 2006 FIFA World Cup).
"The OC did its utmost to ensure equal opportunities amongst the persons placing the orders. The internet has opened up ticket ordering to the entire world. We are also very pleased that the OC decided to offer the final in the first sales phase. This hadn't always been the case in the past", says David Will.

Horst R. Schmidt added: "We are absolutely happy with the number of orders placed. 900.000 people from 195 countries worldwide placed their orders. This clearly shows the heightened interest in the World Cup in Germany."

Using the software certified by TÜV-Rheinland (the safety standards authority) about 600 draw runs had to be carried out on five computers which were specially installed in the offices of the LOC. The procedure which was monitored by the draw officer of the Land Hesse took several hours.

However, the fans still need to show a little patience as the lucky winners will be notified on 22 April. Those who placed their orders by internet and weren't drawn will be informed by e-mail. The second sales phase will start in May and will exclusively deal with Team-Specific Tickets. It will be possible to order individual tickets again as from December. The draw procedure will be carried out again at the end of the third sales phase.

"Our technology worked flawlessly. The orders were carried out perfectly," according to Horst R. Schmidt. "Even our security measures for the protection of all honest persons placing orders were very effective. Thus we were able to uncover an obvious attempt at manipulation." The original order figure ran to 12.3 million tickets and was thus reduced to 7 million individual tickets and 1.7 million TSTs.

Using a computer-based, automatic order placement system a person or a group of persons from within the USA tried to obtain a large number of tickets. The orders were based on irregular addresses to obscure the identity of the sender. Orders for a good two million tickets were placed in this manipulation attempt.

According to Mr Schmidt, all orders relating to this manipulation attempt were based on a conspicuous order pattern. "To protect all honest persons placing orders we naturally initiated several checks. Thus we contacted persons by phone who supposedly placed orders. Of those we reached, none had placed orders. We then issued a summons per e-mail to confirm the order details. There was no reply over a longer period of time so that we were able to rule out the possibility of the people concerned being on holiday," Schmidt continued. All orders that were clearly identified as being improper were excluded from the draw.

Violations of the Ticket General Terms and Conditions of the OC 2006 FIFA World Cup were also detected. There were repeated attempts to order tickets for more than one game on the same day. And there were attempts to order more than the allowed number of tickets by just slightly changing the spelling of the name, but leaving the order address unchanged. Such orders were naturally also excluded from the draw.