Women wc 2023

Strong demand for tickets to the Matilda's first game of the Women's World Cup sees organisers shift the match to an 80000-capacity venue.

What a huge, huge moment for that country and for women's football. "We know that there is a huge expat community in Australia from Ireland, and they also have a huge travelling fan pack, which is all the more reason for us to consider this move of stadiums and allow as many seats as possible for those fans to fill." "It's absolutely incredible that the Republic of Ireland have qualified for a Women's World Cup for the first time ever. "With this in mind, we have taken a decision that will enable over 100,000 fans to attend the opening match day, providing more opportunities for supporters to engage with the FIFA Women's World Cup as a month of football we will never forget gets underway." "It is going to be a huge day for women's football because we will also have our fan festivals up and running, with tens of thousands of people there, as well as millions of fans watching on broadcast all over the world. The Matildas will kick off their 2023 Women's World Cup campaign in front of a potential record crowd, with FIFA confirming their opening group match against the Republic of Ireland will be moved to the tournament's biggest venue, Stadium Australia.

Football Australia today welcomed the announcement that Stadium Australia will host the CommBank Matildas' opening match of the FIFA Women's World Cup ...

“We want this match to set the tone for the rest of the tournament and it'll be a great start to the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ for the CommBank Matildas. It will ensure that more people can now be a part of the opening match of the CommBank Matildas at the FIFA Women's World Cup™.” With the demand for CommBank Matildas tickets, that record is set to be under threat this July. As we witnessed in 2022, these competitions transcend sport and really bring the Australian community together. The move from Sydney Football Stadium to Stadium Australia is big for Australian football and highlights the confidence which we have in the CommBank Matildas to draw a huge crowd for the first match of the tournament in Australia,” Johnson said. Football Australia today welcomed the announcement that Stadium Australia will host the CommBank Matildas’ opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ against the Republic of Ireland on 20 July 2023.

The Matildas' opening match against Ireland has been locked in for Sydney's Accor Stadium - and it could see a 23-year tournament benchmark shattered, ...

We deliver world-class World Cups and this one will be no different,” said FIFA’s chief women’s football officer Sarai Bareman. “There is a lot of due diligence and analysis that has had to go in to make sure that if we made this switch, it doesn’t impact on the world-class product that is the FIFA Women’s World Cup.” “FIFA is here to deliver world-class events.