Within 48 hours of opening the online applications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the total number of applicants were 300,000. "This is a very happy moment," said the committee's chief executive Danny Jordaan at Durban's Moses Mabhida Visitors' Centre Monday. Tickets went on sale on Friday and fans have time until midnight March 31st to make ticket applications to www.fifa.com website. The South African residents also have the opportunity to submit paper applications in one of the 700 FNB branches across the country.