Ticket Ballot results

More than 675,000 tickets, of the 1,248,862 allocated to the public through the ballot, were sold through the Ticket Ballot from the 13 March-22 April 2005, resulting in the most successful ballot in Commonwealth Games history. In total 59 of the 241 sessions available were fully subscribed through the Ticket Ballot including all sessions of Track Cycling, Diving and Synchronised Swimming and finals of the Men’s and Women’s Hockey, Basketball and Netball.

Follow these links below to view summaries of the tickets that are available in the Special Ticket Offer, by Session and by Price Category.

Opening Ceremony

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	7,903	6,863	1,040
B	15,348	5,176	10,172
C	17,222	16,723	499
D	5,161	5,161	0
F	5,161	5,161	0
Total	50,795	39,084	11,711

Closing Ceremony

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	7,997	1,788	6,209
B	15,516	2,591	12,925
C	17,410	7,619	9,791
D	5,218	5,218	0
F	5,218	5,218	0
Total	51,359	22,434	28,925

All Sport tables below are consolidated totals and do not represent a session by session availability, except in the case of Ceremony tables which represent single sessions.

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Aquatics - Diving

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot
A	512	512
B	2,408	2,408
F	2,408	2,408
Total	5,328	5,328

Aquatics - Swimming

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	18,000	12,474	5,526
B	10,896	9,629	1,267
C	12,852	11,971	881
D	6,456	6,456	0
F	6,456	6,456	0
Total	54,660	46,986	7,674

Aquatics - Synchronised Swimming

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot
A	130	130
B	584	584
F	584	584
Total	1,298	1,298

Athletics

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	43,614	41,367	2,247
B	184,928	77,172	107,756
C	199,818	51,632	148,186
D	49,833	25,622	24,211
F	67,307	47,939	19,368
Total	545,500	243,732	301,768

Badminton

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	14,503	6,087	8,416
B	882	821	61
F	9,570	1,453	8,117
Total	24,955	8,361	16,594

Regional Basketball

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	5,690	4,683	1,007
B	1,651	1,651	0
F	1,651	1,651	0
Total	8,992	7,985	1,007

Basketball - MPV

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	4,949	4,883	66
B	11,144	9,127	2,017
C	13,860	8,611	5,249
F	13,860	12,310	1,550
Total	43,813	34,931	8,882

Boxing

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	8,048	6,106	1,942
B	13,696	5,978	7,718
F	13,696	1,633	12,063
Total	35,440	13,717	21,723

Track Cycling

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot
A	1,700	1,700
B	3,310	3,310
C	3,005	3,005
F	3,005	3,005
Total	11,020	11,020

Cycling - Mountain Bike *

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	13,029	13,029	0
Total	13,029	13,029	0

Gymnastics - Artistic

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	5,592	5,592	0
B	12,424	11,621	803
C	15,392	13,488	1,904
F	15,392	14,039	1,353
Total	48,800	44,740	4,060

Gymnastics - Rhythmic

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	2,844	2,844	0
B	6,304	6,304	0
C	7,808	6,256	1,552
F	7,808	7,006	802
Total	24,764	22,410	2,354

Hockey

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	38,214	25,427	12,787
B	3,366	3,366	0
F	30,006	8,488	21,518
Total	71,586	37,281	34,305

Lawn Bowls

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	6,912	6,164	748
F	6,921	574	6,347
Total	13,833	6,738	7,095

Netball

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	15,632	15,632	0
B	4,528	4,528	0
C	2,500	2,500	0
F	15,352	11,224	4,128
Total	38,012	33,884	4,128

Rugby 7s

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	15,312	11,658	3,654
B	32,904	14,185	18,719
C	41,868	13,572	28,296
F	38,912	8,547	30,365
Total	128,996	47,962	81,034

Shooting - Clay Target

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	4,000	3,367	633
F	4,000	1,541	2,459
Total	8,000	4,908	3,092

Shooting - Full Bore

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	1,500	269	1,231
F	1,506	27	1,479
Total	3,006	296	2,710

Shooting - Small Bore/Pistol

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	495	495	0
F	495	195	300
Total	990	690	300

Squash

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	7,068	3,470	3,598
B	6,175	1,853	4,322
F	6,175	663	5,512
Total	19,418	5,986	13,432

Table Tennis

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	10,216	6,564	3,652
B	2,232	1,485	747
F	8,532	2,762	5,770
Total	20,980	10,811	10,169

Weightlifting

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	13,599	6,392	7,207
B	4,965	2,892	2,073
F	5,724	2,580	3,144
Total	24,288	11,864	12,424

All Events Ballot Total

Price Category	Original Quota	Tickets Allocated in Ballot	Tickets Available Special Offer
A	247,459	187,496	59,963
B	333,261	164,681	168,580
C	331,735	135,377	196,358
D	66,668	42,457	24,211
F	269,739	145,464	124,275
Total	1,248,862	675,475	573,387

* Adjusted for revised capacity

Notes

- 151 sessions with one or more price levels oversubscribed

- 59 sessions 100% subscribed

All 8 sessions of Diving
6 out of 12 sessions of Swimming
All 2 sessions of Synchronised Swimming
1 out of 10 sessions of Athletics
1 out of 23 sessions of Badminton
8 out of 13 sessions of Regional Basketball
3 out of 7 sessions of Basketball - MPV
All 5 sessions of Track Cycling
All sessions of Mountain Bike
6 out of 8 sessions of Artistic Gymnastics
2 out of 4 sessions of Rhythmic Gymnastics
2 out of 24 sessions of Hockey
8 out of 19 sessions of Netball
4 session pass at Rugby 7s
1 out of 9 sessions of Pistol/Small Bore
1 out of 20 sessions of Table Tennis
3 out of 16 sessions of Weightlifting

- 333 price levels over subscribed

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