BERLIN (Reuters) -- The last major sales window for the World Cup has produced 24 times as many applications as there are tickets available, tournament organizers said on Monday.

Soccer fans placed some 677,900 orders for a total of 6 million tickets in the sales period from Dec. 12 to Jan. 15. There are only 250,000 tickets available from this third and final major sales period.

World Cup organizers said on Monday they will hold one last ticket sale, although it is not clear when that will happen and how many tickets will be made available.

Organizers said they must first see how many tickets return from sponsors and national associations. Some of these will also go to those on a waiting list for anticipated returns. More>>>

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