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2014 UEFA Champions League final ticket sales in full swing

UEFA Champions League Finale Lisbon 2013-14

UEFA Champions League Finale Lisbon 2013-14

Ticket sales for the 2014 UEFA Champions League final have started earlier this week exclusively via UEFA.com, and will run until 18.00 CET (22.30 IST / 17.00 GMT) on March 21.

As usual, fans and the general public are being allocated the majority of the tickets for the final, which will be played at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon on Saturday 24 May, kicking off at 19.45 local time (20.45 CET / 19.45 GMT). A total of 37,000 tickets for the net stadium capacity of 61,000 are available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 17,000 each and 3,000 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com (www.uefa.com/tickets/index.html). The remaining tickets are allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.

For the sales process on UEFA.com, tickets will not be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Instead, a ballot will be conducted to allocate the tickets once the sales period has ended.

As in previous years, UEFA consulted the independent Football Supporters Europe network (FSE) when setting ticket prices for this year’s final.

The price categories available for the general public are: Category 1: €390, Category 2: €280, Category 3: €160, Category 4: €70, disabled category: €70 (ticket priced at Category 4 rate and one companion ticket provided for free), and youth package: €140 (two Category 2 tickets – one adult and one youth – sold at discounted Category 4 rate).

The administration fee on each order covers handling and safe courier delivery of the ticket(s) and is set at €10 per order within Portugal and €20 per order for other European countries and the rest of world. Payment can be made by credit card only.

Applicants can apply for up to two tickets per person. They will be informed via email by Monday 7 April whether their application has been successful or not. They will also be able to check the status of their application on the ticket portal with their log-in information as of 7 April. Tickets will be shipped by end of April by courier.

Ticketing terms and conditions
All ticket holders are bound by the ticketing terms and conditions and UEFA will take action in case of any breaches. Online applications will be verified with the competent authorities to ensure that anyone banned from attending football matches cannot purchase the tickets. Sales of tickets for the 2014 UEFA Champions League final will be conducted exclusively on UEFA.com. UEFA urges all football fans to refrain from purchasing tickets or hospitality packages from unauthorised sellers, agents or websites, as such tickets may be counterfeit or invalid and an unaware purchaser may be refused admission to the stadium.