A total of 889,305 tickets were allocated to people from 188 countries during the random selection draw for the first phase of ticket sales for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Brazilian residents received 71.5 per cent of tickets, while 28.5 per cent went to fans from other countries. In compliance with the General World Cup Bill, FIFA offered a total of 342,740 tickets in Brazilian residents, with priority given to students, individuals over the age of 60 and participants of the federal social welfare programme.

As demand from the priority groups was less than the available inventory, 216,618 tickets went to those entitled for discounts in Brazil. All applicants for the 6.2 million requested tickets will be informed by the end of the week on November 10 either by e-mail or SMS.

Outside of Brazil (625,276 tickets), the highest number of tickets drawn was for residents of the United States (66,646), followed by England (22,257), Germany (18,019), Australia (15,401), Canada (13,507), France (11,628), Colombia (11,326), Switzerland (8,082), Japan (5,021) and Argentina (4,493). The most popular venue-specific series ticket packages were for Rio de Janeiro (94,500), Brasilia (48,540) and Sao Paulo (46,916).

The next sales window will start again exclusively via FIFA.com on November 11 at 12.00 CET/09.00 BRT (Brasilia time), and will remain open until 28 November at 12.00 CET/09.00 BRT. About 228,959 tickets will be available on a first-come first-served basis.