11.   Many nations, including Belgium, the Netherlands, and England, have protested the ticket allocations for the World Cup finals.

12.   Local organizers are redistributed tickets that had been returned, unsold from international ticket allocations.

13.   Members of the European Parliament took World Cup organizers to court Wednesday, claiming ticket allocation breaks European laws by discriminating against non-French fans.

14.   Some events have been oversubscribed at the rate of two to one and a lottery will be instigated to determine ticket allocations.

15.   In Tokyo a row over ticket allocations for the tournament gathered pace, with the Japanese government demanding an explanation for thousands of undelivered World Cup tickets.

16.   The domestic Japanese ticket allocation is virtually sold out.