FIFA faces further empty world cup seats

There could be more empty seats at another World Cup match.

FIFA announced early Saturday that 5,000 tickets were still available for the Uruguay-South Korea match later in the day at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

In addition, 1,700 tickets are available for the second-round match involving United States and Ghana on Saturday night at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg.

Filling the stadium in Port Elizabeth - which has a capacity of 42,486 -has been particularly problematic.

Already there were 11,000 empty seats for the South Korea-Greece game; 5,000 empty seats for England-Slovenia; and 4,000 empty for Germany-Serbia.

Rustenburg held a match in the group stages which broke the record for the lowest attended world cup match since 1986.