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Saturday, July 20, 2013SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Fans will pay a standard $90 for tickets to see World Cup matches in Brazil next year, $10 more than in 2010 in South Africa.Announcing ticket rates yesterday, FIFA said $15 seats will be available to Brazilian students, people over 60 and members of social programmes. In 2010, South African residents could pay $20.Host nation residents will have access to at least 400,000 discounted tickets from the publicly available total of about three million.International fans must pay from $440 to $990, in three category bands, to see the July 13 final at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.FIFA said prices start at $220 for the opening match in Sao Paulo on June 12. Top category seats will cost $495.At the other 47 group-stage matches, seats costs $90 in the cheapest Category 3 band. Category 1 tickets will cost $175.Tickets will be sold globally from August 20 on fifa.com. The first sales phase ends October 10, and a random draw will allocate seats for oversubscribed matches.A second sales phase opens December 8, after the 32-team draw is made and the match schedule confirmed.FIFA said buyers can request a maximum of four seats per match, and for a maximum of seven matches.FIFA said an additional 450,000 tickets have been reserved for a corporate client programme, which FIFA licensed to MATCH Hospitality for $120 million.The total number of available tickets will not be finalised until the 12 stadiums are completed, FIFA said.
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FIFA sets 2014 World Cup ticket prices in Brazil
