Tournament
Ground capacities
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Oct 16, 2005, 13:41

The table below shows the 12 World Cup venues ranked by 'sellable ticket capacity' for the finals tournament.

The Frankenstadion in Nuremberg - The smallest stadium being used

The left-hand column shows the ground's normal capacity for Bundesliga games.  As this often includes terracing which is converted into seating for European competition and internationals, the second column shows the reduced capacity in all-seater configuration (for some stadia, such as the Allianz Arena in Munich, this figure does not change, as they use permanent tip-up seats in these areas and allow one person to stand at each seat).

The third column is 'gross capacity' as defined by FIFA for the finals, and the fourth column is what FIFA have definded as the number of 'sellable tickets' in each stadium for group stages matches.

The final column shows how many tickets are represented by 8% of the sellable number, i.e. the number of tickets to be officially allocated by FIFA to each of the national associations of the two teams playing in each game. 

Stadium	Capacity	All-seater	World Cup	Sellable	8%
Berlin	74,500	74,500	66,021	56,358	4,509
Munich	66,000	66,000	59,416	52,872	4,230
Dortmund	81,264	66,000	60,285	50,768	4,061
Gelsenkirchen	61,524	53,975	48,426	43,920	3,514
Hamburg	55,000	45,500	45,442	40,918	3,273
Stuttgart	57,000	54,000	47,757	39,030	3,122
Frankfurt	50,300	48,500	43,324	38,437	3,075
Kaiserslautern	48,500	41,513	41,513	37,084	2,967
Cologne	51,000	46,134	40,590	35,926	2,874
Leipzig	45,000	45,000	38,898	34,384	2,751
Hanover	49,000	45,000	39,297	34,311	2,745
Nuremberg	47,500	44,000	36,898	32,341	2,587

Key
The World Cup capacity is defined by FIFA as "the Gross Capacity less the seats that can't be used due to view obstruction and security/contingency reserves for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. This capacity is estimated and may change once these deductions are finally determined".

The sellable number of tickets is defined by FIFA as "the Total Seating Capacity less tickets reserved for the media and press, the VIP requirements and complimentary tickets. This capacity is based on maximum media requirements and may change once these requirements are finally determined". The sellable number shown here applies to group stage matches. Numbers differ slightly for the knock-out games.

The Allianz Arena in Munich - Arguably the most impressive of the stadia