The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation wishes to advise the public that following a request from fans for a total of 34,777 tickets for the country’s three Group B matches in June’s 2006 World Cup in Germany, the FIFA has in return allocated to the TTFF as a qualifying member the total sum of 10,769 tickets.
The Federation is also noting that from this allocation of tickets by FIFA as a qualifying member, there have been no pre-sold tickets and successful applicants shall be informed by Thursday January 26, 2006 of the status of their applications and the next steps to follow in the pursuit of their approved tickets. Applicants are advised to follow the advice given within the suggested schedule as failure to do so shall result in the automatic loss of the said approval.
On being advised of the approved purchasable tickets, the purchaser must submit the name, passport number, date of birth and nationality of each ticket holder and pay 50% of the total cost of the approved tickets by February 2nd, 2006 with the final 50% to be paid by March 2nd, 2006.
”There shall be a second allocation of tickets on February 3rd, 2006, in the event any approved purchaser fails to meet the February 2nd deadline.
A special TTFF Ticket Bureau has been established in the TT/Germany 2006 Ltd office at 102 D St Vincent St, Port of Spain for the processing of all successful applications. The office contact numbers are as follows : Telephone - 627 1029 ; 625 8607; Fax - 627 3304.
As stated by FIFA, “Tickets will be personalised for security reasons. This measure is intended to support the basic principle of a fair and open sales procedure. It will also serve as an effective deterrent to black market trading. However, the embedded chip will store access information only. Personal information such as names will not be stored.”
FIFA further adds in a Ticket Overview previously released to the public via its official website: “Details of the tickets (price, category and number) made available by the Participating Member Association will be made available in due course by the Participating Member Association. If a Member Association’s team does not progress to all stages of the Second Round, the right to use Conditional Tickets for Second Round matches following the elimination of that Team will be lost and a refund will be provided.
Member Associations are free to choose which methods of payment will be made available to fans buying tickets from the Member Associations.
While FIFA states that the Federation knows in advance how much tickets it receives as a qualified member, the Federation in turn has to submit its official request based on numbers received from applicants along with other information.
Special Advisor to the TTFF, Jack Warner left the events leading up to the opening of the African Nation’s Cup in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday in order to be here for the process of the ticket allocations for applicants here, along with General Secretary Richard Groden on Saturday evening. Prior to that he also visited St Lucia for one day on Friday for the initiation of their US$600,000 FIFA Goal Project training centre. Warner, in his capacity as CONCACAF President, leaves on Tuesday for the closing stages of the CONCACAF Women’s Under 20 qualifying tournament in Mexico.
Total Ticket request from the public for the Trinidad and Tobago matches
| Match | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | Cat 3 | Cat 4 | Total |
| Sweden | 833 | 2100 | 3212 | 5459 | 11604 |
| England | 853 | 2114 | 3212 | 5499 | 11678 |
| Paraguay | 804 | 2077 | 3283 | 5331 | 11495 |
| Total | 2490 | 6291 | 9707 | 16289 | 34777 |
FIFA Allocation to the TTFF as a Qualifying Member Association
| Match | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | Cat 3 | Cat 4 | Wheelchair + Escort | Total |
| Sweden | 920 | 1380 | 1339 | 956 | 5 | 4600 |
| England | 586 | 875 | 733 | 729 | 6 | 2929 |
| Paraguay | 660 | 960 | 864 | 748 | 8 | 3240 |
| Total | 2166 | 3215 | 2936 | 2433 | 19 | 10769 |