Glitch halts World Cup online ticket orders
Organisers of the 2002 World Cup struggled to fix website problems which have left fans in Japan and South Korea unable to order tickets over the web.
After several hours delay, the website began accepting ticket orders, although it was slowed by the flood of online traffic.
The temporary shutdown comes a day after organisers announced that tickets could finally be bought online after a two-week delay.
The event's co-hosts, Japan and South Korea, were supposed to begin accepting online and mail-in ticket orders on February 15, but suspended the launch of internet services because of a glitch in Fifa's official World Cup website.
South Korea and Japan will host 32 matches each, for which three million tickets will be available.
A combined 1.3 million tickets will be sold in the host countries, and 1.5 million internationally. Another 200,000 will go to Fifa officials, media and observers.
Around 230,000 tickets will be sold in South Korea and another 221,000 in Japan in the first round of applications, which will be accepted until March 14. If demand outstrips supply, tickets will go to winners of a lottery on March 28.
