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Japan's World Cup organisers overwhelmed with ticket applications

Japanese organisers of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament have received more than 1.7 million applications for 221,000 tickets made available to the general public.

A drawing will be held in June to determine who ends up with them.

The Japan World Cup Organising Committee also announced it had received about 2.4 million requests for all categories of tickets during a first round of applications between February and March.

7/04/01 19:11:15 | ABC Radio Australia News

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