The organizers of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand between July 20 and August 20, announced today that they have sold 650,000 tickets and aim to reach a record 1, 5 million.
“FIFA’s mission is to host the biggest and best Women’s World Cup in history this year,” said FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura of Senegal.
In addition to targeting 1.5 million ticket sales, organizers predict the month-long tournament will attract a global television audience of 2 billion viewers, BBC Sports reported.
FIFA expects more than 100,000 fans to attend the opening day of the overall event, when New Zealand plays Norway at Auckland’s 50,000-capacity Eden Park and Australia takes on the Republic of Ireland at Sydney’s Australia Stadium. , with capacity for 83,500 spectators.
FIFA president, Italian-Swiss Gianni Infantino, has predicted the 2023 edition will be the “best ever” after it was expanded from 24 teams in 2019.
There will be 32 selected that will compete in 64 matches in 10 different venues in nine cities in Australia and New Zealand.
There will be eight teams that will debut in the World Cup: Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Vietnam, the Philippines, Haiti, Panama, Zambia and Morocco.
Meanwhile, those who played the eight World Cups are the United States, Germany, Sweden, Brazil, Japan, Norway and Nigeria.
Argentina will join Group G along with Italy (July 24 in Auckland), South Africa (June 28 in Dunedin) and Sweden (August 2 in Hamilton).
