More tickets to the 2014 World Cup have been allocated by FIFA to fans from the United States than to those in any other nation, other than Brazil, the host.

A total of 125,465 tickets were distributed to the United States according to FIFA, which released the ticket alloction numbers on Friday.

In all, 2.3 million tickets have been assigned to the 32 nations attending the World Cup. After Brazil, which was allocated 906,433 tickets, and the United States, the top 10 ticket allocations are: Colombia (60,231), Germany (55,666), Argentina (53,809), England (51,222), Australia (40,446), France (34,971), Chile (32,189) and Mexico (30,238).

FIFA said that 473,076 tickets for the World Cup were allocated during the second random selection draw for all matches except the opening game in São Paulo and the final in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian fans received around 60 percent of the inventory during the second phase of ticket sales.