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Ticket eligibility

Residents of the UK

This is the ticketing website for people who are aged 16 and over and are a resident of the UK or a designated European country. London 2012 also welcomes applications from UK Armed Forces.

For the purposes of ticket sales for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, UK residents are defined as:

  • Those who live in: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey), the Isle of Man; or
  • Those who live in a UK Overseas Territory: Gibraltar, Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St Helena and St Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia and The Turks and Caicos Islands.

Residents of designated European countries

This is the ticketing website for residents of the countries listed below. If you are a resident of one of these countries, you are eligible to apply for tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games on this website:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Alternatively, you can apply for tickets via your local National Olympic Committee (NOC), National Paralympic Committee (NPC) or appointed Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR). For a full list of contact details for all NOCs and their ATRs please read National Olympic Committees and Authorised Ticket Resellers. For a full list of contact details for all NPCs and their ATRs please read National Paralympic Committees and Authorised Ticket Resellers

Residents outside the UK or designated European countries

If you are not a resident of the UK or a designated European country, regardless of citizenship, you will need to apply for tickets via your National Olympic Committee (NOC) or National Paralympic Committee (NPC). Some NOCs or NPCs may appoint an Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) in order to help the general public obtain tickets and services relating to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. For a full list of contact details for all NOCs and their ATRs please read National Olympic Committees and Authorised Ticket Resellers. For a full list of contact details for all NPCs and their ATRs please read National Paralympic Committees and Authorised Ticket Resellers