World Cup sales risk: Beckenbauer

FRANZ BECKENBAUER, head of the 2006 World Cup organising committee, claims the sale of match tickets for the football showpiece in Germany is a mammoth task with black market internet providers keen to swell their coffers.

The tickets go on sale to the public on February 1, 2005, via FIFA’s official World Cup site www.FIFAworldcup.com and Beckenbauer acknowledges the enormity of distributing the 3.2 million tickets available.

“This is perhaps the most difficult task we will face,” said Beckenbauer on Monday.