Nearly 80,000 Barcelona Fans Apply for Just 13,294 Champions League Tickets

There are going to be a lot of disappointed people in Barcelona.

Nearly 80,000 Barcelona socios have applied for tickets for the Champions League final against Juventus on June 6, but most will be disappointed. 

As per Sport: "Barcelona socios have asked for a total of 79,429 tickets for the Champions League final, on June 6 in Berlin. A number that far exceeds the 13,294 which will be available to club members."

Such is the interest in the ballot for the tickets that it will be shown on television. 

Barca TV will broadcast the draw that will be overseen by Jordi Cardoner, vice-president of the club's members' group.

The club explained, as per Sport: 

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Barcelona have an allocation of 19,550 tickets, of which 85% will be shared by members (13,294) and official supporters clubs (3,323). The remainder will be used for the club’s sporting, sponsorship and institutional purposes.

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Berlin's Olympic Stadium has a capacity of 77,000 for the game.

[Sport]