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Rio 2016 Ticketing ProgrammeThe Rio 2016 ticket sales programme was launched for the Brazilian public on 31 March 2015. Residents of Brazil were able to apply to buy tickets in two draws directly from the official Rio 2016 website (www.rio2016.com), first in March and August 2015, and then in October 2015, with no random draw stage.Within the first 24 hours of tickets going on sale, fans from across Brazil applied for 750,000 tickets, while more than 5.2 million requests had been made by the end of the first sales phase. The most sought-after tickets were for volleyball, followed by football and basketball, with the men’s volleyball final proving most popular. At that time, there were 220 applications for each ticket available for the big game.Following the two initial sales phases, further tickets were made available as seating plans in Olympic venues were finalised. From April 2016, new batches of tickets have been released every Thursday, some for events that were previously unavailable. Any remaining tickets will also be available at the ticket box offices located in the four competition zones and football cities from June 2016 until the end of the Games.Ticketing and the Spectator Experience50%of the tickets are priced R$70 (about USD 22 USD) or lessR$40Cheapest tickets cost (about USD 13)6 milliontickets available for around 700 sessions