Confederations Cup: Free tickets from FIFA

Sport24.co.za is reporting that FIFA has decided give dish out free tickets for the Confederations Cup in an attempt to fill the thousands of empty seats in the stadiums.
Sport24 is quoting FIFA spokesperson Nicolas Maingot saying that tickets for football fans will be given to institutions which have been very supportive of the event. The spokesperson didn'nt mention the amount of tickets, but they be for some of the remaining group matches.

Except for the opening match South Africa vs. Iraq at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg all other matches have been nowhere near capacity.

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Confed Cup tickets selling well

According to FIFA some 383 506 tickets, or 63 percent of the total 640 000 tickets available, had been sold by 21 May.

Tickets for several matches in various categories are sold out:

• Match 1 (South Africa vs Iraq): category 3 and 4
• Match 3 (Brasil vs Egypt): category 4
• Match 4 (USA vs Italy): category 4
• Match 7 (USA vs Brasil): category 2, 3 and 4
• Match 11 (Brasil vs Italy): all categories
• Match 14 (semifinal, Johannesburg): category 4
  
• Match 16 (final, Johannesburg); category 4

Category four tickets are the cheapest tickets and are available exclusively to South African residents in Rands. For the group matches and the third place match, category four tickets go for R70 only.
Categories one to three tickets are available in foreign currency to football fans living outside the country.
Category one tickets are for seats alongside the pitch, between the goal lines.
Category two tickets are for seats next to category one seats, in the corners
Categories three and four tickets are for seats behind the goals or in the corners.

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