Almost 2.9 million tickets were sold for the World Cup in Qatar, as FIFA and the organizers updated yesterday (Monday), which leaves about 7% of the seats still available. The leading countries in terms of the amount of tickets sold are Mexico, the USA, Saudi Arabia and England, with 1. 2 million people are expected to come from outside Qatar to watch the games.
More tickets will be available before the start of the tournament on November 20, FIFA tournament director Colin Smith said at a press conference in Doha held with organizers of the first-ever Winter World Cup. Tickets are usually available late before the tournament begins, as sponsors and member associations FIFA returns tickets that failed to sell.
Mexican fan.
The sombrero will once again be seen everywhere at the World Cup, photo: EPA
Also, FIFA said that although 420,000 people worldwide applied to work as volunteers at the tournament in Qatar, only 20,000 were selected, the organizers said. A total of 11%, about 2,200 people, will come from abroad to work this month in the principality and 89 % will be local.
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