FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 sells over 850,000 tickets

With less than 50 days until kick off, organisers have revealed that over 850,000 tickets have been sold for FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - with more tickets set to go on sale as of next week.

Having originally targeted a record 1.5 million ticket sales for this year’s tournament, organisers have advised that they anticipate that they will reach the one million tickets sold milestone “over the next few weeks”.

To achieve this, FIFA has announced that close to 250,000 additional tickets for the will go on sale next Tuesday, with all 64 matches at the biggest women’s football tournament in history to have seats available for supporters.

Announcing that more tickets across all matches will be available for fans, FIFA Chief Women’s Football Officer, Sarai Bareman stated “we are delighted that supporters in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and across the globe will have more opportunities to purchase tickets for all 64 matches at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, which is now just 48 days from kick-off.

“Many matches in both host countries have experienced significant interest and sales demand, so we trust that this latest supply of tickets will enable some truly passionate fans to secure seats at matches that they may have missed out on so far.”

“Fans from over 150 different countries of residence have purchased tickets for the tournament, so we can’t wait to see the football world unite in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand next month,” she said.

For popular fixtures, FIFA’s Official Ticket Resale Platform for the tournament is now live.

FIFA advise “fans that cannot attend a match, or matches, for which they purchased tickets can submit some or all of their tickets for resale on the platform, in accordance with FIFA’s General Public Resale Policy.” 

FIFA’s Official Ticket Resale Platform also offers fans that have been unable to access tickets for high demand matches at the tournament the possibility of accessing tickets via another official route, should tickets be submitted for resale by other fans.

The tournament with will commence with New Zealand playing Norway at Eden Park in Auckland on 20th July and conclude with the final will be played on 20th August at Sydney’s Stadium Australia (Accor Stadium).

Image: Wellington's Sky Stadium (to be known as the Wellington Regional Stadium during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023) in football mode.