TICKETS in Lusaka for Saturday’s Africa Cup qualifier between Zambia and Uganda have been sold out.
Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) communications manager Erick Mwanza said in Lusaka yesterday that tickets for the match went on sale around 08:30 hours in Lusaka and by 12:00 hours all had been sold.
The game, the final round of the South Africa 2012 Africa Cup finals, will be played at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
“We are very thankful to the fans for this overwhelming response they have showed towards the game.
“As we speak now one will be very lucky to find tickets on the market. VIP tickets [K400,000] were the first ones to go and now those for K200,000 are finished so we expect a huge crowd on Saturday,” he said.
Other tickets will be sold at Zesco outlets on the Copperbelt. Tickets for the western wing lower and upper decks will cost K200,000 and K150,000 respectively.
The eastern lower and upper decks have been pegged at K100,000 and K50,000 respectively while the northern and southern lower decks will cost K50,000. Tickets for northern and southern upper decks will be sold at K30,000.
Mwanza said fans who will not manage to buy tickets should not even attempt to go to the stadium because it will not be possible for them to go in.
Meanwhile, FAZ has hired 850 police officers to provide security before, during and after the match.
Mwanza said that the association wants peace at the stadium, hence the hiring of 850 security personnel who will be drawn from various towns on the Copperbelt.
He said FAZ also has its own security that will be on duty to reinforce orderliness at the stadium.
Mwanza said FAZ prioritises security and will not risk the safety of fans, players and everyone involved in the game.
He said the association wants people to enjoy watching the game in a peaceful environment.
He warned that the officers will be given strict instructions to arrest whoever will attempt to cause confusion before, during and after the match.
“People need to know that the area surrounding the stadium is violence-free and if some people want to come and cause confusion, they should be prepared to face the law. We need to be united and support the team together,” Mwanza said.
He also warned that people that will come with forged tickets will only have themselves to blame for the action that will be taken against them.
“We have talked about this so many times. Forging a ticket is a criminal offence but unfortunately we will not only deal with the people that may attempt to forge tickets but even with people that want to use them,” he said.
Mwanza said the tickets have complicated security features and those that will attempt to use forged ones will be easily caught.
He also appealed to the fans to guard against vandalism of the newly constructed ultra – modern sports facility.
Mwanza said fans should take it upon themselves to flush out people that will be seen vandalising property because the stadium belongs to all Zambians.
During the World Cup qualifier against Ghana in June, over 100 seats were damaged by fans.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Misleading headline. It’s a Zambia-Uganda match if it is being played at Levy Mwanawasa. Not the other way round. Unless of course there is a Levy Mwanawasa stadium in Uganda.
Thanks for this.
When is this game? Saturday or Sunday. Will it be on supper sport?
Read the first line to find out when the game is taking place!!!
Got my ticket!
It is Saturday the 8th ba Chanda
Mweemba.
Chanda Mweemba, GO GET YOUR TICKET
we shall vandalize the stadium at all cost since you are charging exorbitant prices of which is abnormal to Zambia.One bag of Mellie meal per head plus 5000 pin change ,if we don’t vandalize were are u going to use the money,is it to buy yourselves nice cars and look more human than others.
It cost money to build it and will cost more money to maintain it ..
Ticket scalpers bought most of the tickets, there will tickets on sale for double the price – trust me! FAZ should restrict tickets to 4 per person!
Lets go Zambia
tickets sold out but someone is advising the friend to go get a ticket? ummm
#9,good observation…bantu bamo balapapusha!!!!
@sate sate ,ubo bututu
DONT JUST TELL US THAT ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD.TELL US HOW MANY FOR WHICH WING AT HOW MUCH. EFYO MWIBILA. NOW BUILD MORE STADIA TO MAKE MORE MONEY. PEOPLE ARE GOING FOR THE NEW STADIUM, MATCH MORALE, PURPOSE OF UNITY AND THE FACT THAT ZAMBIA ARE AFRICA CHAMPIONS. SPORT MAKE HUGE REVENUE- SO ENCOURAGE SPORT THROUGH STATE-OF-THE-ART STADIA AND SPORTS ACADEMIES.
So Chanda Mweemba where will you go if the Tongas under oath chase you, because you are both bemba and tonga
Good one!
Iwe ShiTondo taumfwa wat have u brought apa kanshi??? Lets talk football notifyo!!!!!!!!!!! Go Zambia tho i dont know if i will mek it despite being a Ndola Dweller…
They should increase the prices of these matches if they want to make money.
the tickets are still being sold at zesco hq, w7 row15
the tickets are still being sold at zesco hq, w7 row15
,lower deck
Now you guyz look like you in South Africa, USA but saying you are going to the game.anyway LT its not South Africa 2012 its 2013 please
tell us the colour of the jersey that the team will be wearing, so that the fans can come with the same colour.i bought mine at k 150,000. the duty of FAZ is to sell the tickets it does not matter to who.the whole world over there is black market, go to England, Spain, Portugal,Germany black market is there.i have seen it
My point exactly. I said how can you build a 40 000 seater stadium when Zambians love their soccer more than the PF,MMD,UPND and UNIP combined. While I appreciated the initiative by the Late Presido,I was questioning him why he never made it a 60 000 seater stadium. I was one of the people who never got in Zambia-Zaire 4-2 match yet I had a ticket. From that point I realized that we Zambains love our game and if a politician could see right through my eyes,we would have at least three 65000 seater stadiums and not read such nonsense that the tickets have been sold out.
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