In just four days, half of the final major batch of Rio 2016 Olympic Games tickets to go on sale to residents of Brazil have been snapped up. About 500,000 tickets went on sale last Thursday and Friday (21-22 January) and more than 250,000 tickets had been sold by Sunday (24 January).

The most in-demand tickets were for the opening and closing ceremonies, which still have tickets available. The sports with the highest demand were volleyball, beach volleyball, basketball and football. Tickets for tennis, judo and swimming have sold out. The most coveted finals – such as men’s football, men’s and women’s volleyball and men’s basketball – have also sold out, although some, such as the women’s basketball final, are still available.

“It’s still possible to buy tickets for many good events, many competitive events”

Donovan Ferreti, Rio 2016 ticketing director

As of Tuesday afternoon, it was still possible to find tickets for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and third-place play-off for men’s football on the Rio 2016 tickets page. In the women’s competition, tickets were also available for the final.

Tickets for one of the women’s volleyball quarter-finals were also available, while in the men’s competition, tickets only remained for the group stage. Beach volleyball only had tickets left up to the quarter-finals.

Residents of Brazil can buy tickets from the Rio 2016 tickets website, while overseas fans can buy from the authorised ticket resellers (ATRs) in their regions. Click on these links to see the list of ATRs for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

More tickets are set to be become available to Brazilian residents through the ticket resale programme, which Rio 2016 launched last October.