More than 130 000 tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ have been sold in less than two days as soccer fans rushed to the counters during the fifth and last ticketing phase, which kicked off on Thursday at the 11 ticketing centres and 600 FNB branches countrywide.

"75 000 of those were sold at FNB branches, 25 000 at the ticketing centres and about 30 000 via FIFA.com and call Centre," Fifa said on Saturday.

According to Fifa, things appeared to have moved smoother on Friday than they did on Thursday, with the ticketing system's improved speed helping fast track transactions.

Due to high demand of over- the-counter sales, at both ticketing centres and FNB branches when they went on sale across the country on Thursday - chaos erupted at some centres. There were scenes of excitement, anger, frustration and outright chaos at many ticketing centres when problems emerged with the online system.

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