{"id":51264,"date":"2023-06-09T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T08:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-president-reveals-major-womens-world-cup-ticket-milestone\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T08:40:05","slug":"fifa-president-reveals-major-womens-world-cup-ticket-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-president-reveals-major-womens-world-cup-ticket-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA President reveals major Women\u2019s World Cup ticket milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, June 9, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The FIFA (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.FIFA.com\" rel=\"noopener\">www.FIFA.com<\/a>) Women\u2019s World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023\u2122 is on track to become the most attended standalone women\u2019s sporting event in history, with over 1 million tickets now sold for next month\u2019s highly anticipated tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, revealed that 1,032,884 tickets have now been sold for the ninth edition of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3NiY0Rl\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3NiY0Rl<\/a>), surpassing the total sales for France 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelighted to share with the world that FIFA has passed one million tickets sold for this year\u2019s FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand!\u201d said the FIFA President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I write this, 1,032,884 tickets have been sold. This means that with over one month to go before kick-off, we have surpassed the numbers sold for France 2019, thus meaning that Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023 is on track to become the most attended FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in history. The future is women &#8211; and thanks to the fans for supporting what will be the greatest FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup ever!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe momentum is building in the host countries and across the globe, and I look forward to seeing you there to witness the stars of women\u2019s football shine on the world stage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 will kick off at Eden Park in Auckland\/T\u0101maki Makaurau on Thursday, 20 July, with co-hosts New Zealand up against 1995 winners Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Later the same day, Australia will take on Republic of Ireland at Stadium Australia, the tournament\u2019s largest venue, in Sydney\/Wangal. Earlier this year, FIFA took the proactive step to shift Australia\u2019s inaugural match to Stadium Australia (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/43RI7bc\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/43RI7bc<\/a>), ensuring over 100,000 fans will be able to attend the opening matchday of this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 are available via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3ZgAZCQ\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3ZgAZCQ<\/a>. Fans eager to take their Women\u2019s World Cup experience \u2018above and beyond\u2019 can also purchase ticket-inclusive hospitality packages via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3mxx1rl\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3mxx1rl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge will turn into a festival of football to celebrate 25 days to go until the official kick-off of the tournament on June 25. Fans can register to attend this unique and uniting community opportunity here (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/43eWarp\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/43eWarp<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/fifa-president-reveals-major-womens-world-cup-ticket-milestone?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, June 9, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212; The FIFA (www.FIFA.com) Women\u2019s World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023\u2122 is on track to become the most attended standalone women\u2019s sporting event in history, with over 1 million tickets now sold for next month\u2019s highly anticipated tournament. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, revealed that 1,032,884 tickets have now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}