The Matildas' opener against Vera Pauw's side on 20 July has sold out at Sydney's Stadium Australia.
THE REPUBLIC OF Ireland and tournament co-hosts Australia will play their opening game of next month’s Women’s World Cup in front of a full house, a senior Fifa official has confirmed.
“It’s going to be a massive day for women’s football,” he said of the double-header either side of the Tasman Sea. “Yes, definitely” Beeche replied when asked whether the Auckland stadium would be sold out for the opener, despite fears about the tournament’s low ticket sales in New Zealand.Football’s governing body Fifa has said around 1.1 million tickets have been sold for the 64 matches in Australia and New Zealand.
The Football Ferns approach the tournament on a 10-match winless streak with one chance left to get a morale-boosting win in a final home friendly against Vietnam on 10 July.Those unequal numbers reflect the population sizes of Australia, where 26 million people live, and New Zealand, which is home to five million, he insisted.
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