London – A total of 950 000 tickets to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England were sold last month from a record application for more than five million tickets.
Tournament organiser England Rugby 2015 announced the news on Thursday.
Of the 48 matches, 23 went to ballot at every price category. All 48 matches went to ballot at entry price categories.
There were 650,000 applications alone for tickets to the England-Australia pool match at Twickenham, which seats 81,605, but much less for the public.
The next matches in greatest demand were pool games England-Wales, New Zealand-Argentina, Australia-Wales, and the semifinals and final at Twickenham next October.
Also, 340,000 tickets were sold through rugby clubs in England and Wales as part of a rugby community program.
Fans who did not receive tickets from the 18-day September sale will have priority in the next sale in November. – Sapa-AP