Exclusive: Danny Jordaan Reveals SA World Cup Revenues

1 June 2011

In an exclusive interview with 2oceansvibe, the CEO of South Africa’s 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee, Danny Jordaan has revealed today that the SA World Cup’s financial statements support the tournament’s perceived success.
Jordaan confirmed, “In today’s forthcoming AGM, the Operations Report and Financial Report will confirm that the SA World Cup shows a total revenue of $4.2 billion.”


While South Africa definitely scored from the World’s biggest sporting event, the FIFA coffers are looking pretty tidy as well, as Jordaan went on to reveal unprecedented reserves. “FIFA reserves now show an amount of $1 billion. This is a position that FIFA has never been in before,” said Jordaan, who is also a member of FIFA’s Marketing Board.
Danny Jordaan went on to say that there was a lot of work to be done on the African continent and wants to see what contribution he could make to African football.
The man who delivered South Africa the most successful World Cup ever, dodged questions about his candidacy for the top job and, when pressed as to whether or not he would ever put his name forward, Jordaan replied, “That may be a question for the future, but right now I am focused on African football!”