[caption id="attachment_28261" align="aligncenter" width="580"]The ticket sales are impressive in Russia for the forthcoming World Cup |Image: Twitter The ticket sales are impressive in Russia for the forthcoming World Cup | Image: Twitter[/caption] XtraTime Web Desk: The FIFA World Cup 2018 is about to steal the attention of all the shows across the globe,  as over 164,000 tickets for matches were sold within a 24-hour period after the third and the final phase of ticket sales for the world championship kicked off on Wednesday, the FIFA said in a statement.
 
The statement from the world’s governing football body, FIFA, said that "164,136 tickets have been allocated to fans around the world… in the first 24 hours of the last-minute sales phase, which started on 18 April at 12:00 Moscow time."
 
"Most of the tickets have been allocated to Russian fans (87,902), followed by fans from Argentina (7,740), Mexico (6,598), Brazil (6,198), USA (5,780), Germany (5,181), Peru (3,799), Colombia (3,756), China (2,930), Egypt (2,370) and India (1,905) - the top ten countries from abroad," the statement said.
 
Ticket sales’ Phase 3, dubbed as the "Last Minute Sales," runs starting April 18 up until the final match day of the competition in July and the remaining tickets are available for purchase on a first-come first-serve basis.