More than 500,000 tickets sold for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

World football governing body FIFA has advised that with 184 days to go until the 2023 Women’s World Cup it has sold half a million seats

With a goal to sell 1.5 million tickets for the tournament, FIFA Secretary General, Fatma Samoura has advised that, with six months until it kicks off, the sales milestone is a “great start” for the event.

Being held across Australia and New Zealand, ticket sales have been led by fans from the host nations, but have been bought in over 120 countries.

Set to start on 20th July and featuring 32 teams for the first time, FIFA aims to better the mark of 1.35 million sales set at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. The tournament in France four years ago attracted a total of 1.13 million fans.

However, not all tickets have been released to the public, and plenty more are expected to go on sale over the coming months, including for the most in-demand games such as the 20th August final at the 83,500-capacity Stadium Australia (Accor Stadium) in Sydney.

Australia’s Matildas are scheduled to kick off their campaign against Ireland at the smaller Allianz Stadium, which holds 45,000, but given initial high demand for tickets, FIFA is weighing up a switch to Stadium Australia, a move which has the backing of Football Australia.

Speaking about the excitement building ahead of the competition, Samoura noted “ticket sales for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 are off to a great start and it’s not just home fans in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand purchasing tickets.

“Fans residing in the United States of America, England, Qatar, Germany, China PR, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and France are the top 10 purchasers of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 tickets so far. This highlights the fantastic pull of the female game and the passion it evokes among the global football fandom.”

The opening match and opening ceremony for the first-ever co-hosted women’s tournament will take place on 20th July 2023 at Auckland’s Eden Park.

Image: Marking Australia and New Zealand's joint bid to host the Women's World Cup 2023, the Matildas Sam Kerr is illuminated on the Sydney Opera House. Credit: Supplied.