FIFA says the Women’s World Cup 2023 will be the most attended women\u2019s sporting event in history. <\/p>
The 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup is almost upon us and as we all know, fans make the tournaments. So, how many will be making their way to Australia and New Zealand this summer?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s expected that more than a million football fans from across the globe will file through the airports to watch their countries in action.<\/p>\n
But how many people are actually<\/em> going to attend the Women\u2019s World Cup? RadioTimes.com<\/a> has crunched the numbers to bring you everything you need to know about fans arriving in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n Read more football features: Best players in the world<\/a> | Best players of all time<\/a> | Live football on TV today<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n FIFA say they are expecting over 100,000<\/strong> fans for the opening ceremony and match day on July 20th.<\/p>\n Due to major interest in tickets for the opening match between Australia and Republic of Ireland, FIFA opted to move the game to Sydney\u2019s largest stadium, Stadium Australia.<\/p>\n Fifa president Gianni Infantino recently said: \u201cThe future is women, thanks to the fans for supporting what will be the greatest Fifa Women\u2019s World Cup ever.<\/p>\n \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<\/p> This summer\u2019s World Cup is expected to be the most attended women\u2019s sporting event in history.<\/p>\n As of June 9th, over 1,000,000<\/strong> tickets had already been sold, meaning it will surpass the 2019 World Cup in France.<\/p>\n According to Reuters<\/em> in June, New Zealand accounted for around 250,000 of the tickets sold, with games in Australia having sold over 750,000 tickets.<\/p>\n It\u2019s understood tickets for some games are sold out, while availability for other games is currently running low.<\/p>\n You can find out more about how to buy FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can buy tickets as residents of Australia, New Zealand or as an international customer on the FIFA website.<\/p>\n Fans must have a FIFA ticketing account to buy tickets for their desired event.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a> or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/b><\/a>, or visit our Sport<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take part in the Screen Test<\/a>, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives.<\/b><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n FIFA says the Women’s World Cup 2023 will be the most attended women\u2019s sporting event in history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35036,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/how-many-fans-are-at-the-womens-world-cup-2023-attendance-explained-scaled.jpg",2560,1694,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/how-many-fans-are-at-the-womens-world-cup-2023-attendance-explained-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/how-many-fans-are-at-the-womens-world-cup-2023-attendance-explained-300x199.jpg",300,199,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/how-many-fans-are-at-the-womens-world-cup-2023-attendance-explained-768x508.jpg",768,508,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/how-many-fans-are-at-the-womens-world-cup-2023-attendance-explained-1024x678.jpg",800,530,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/how-many-fans-are-at-the-womens-world-cup-2023-attendance-explained-1536x1016.jpg",1536,1016,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/how-many-fans-are-at-the-womens-world-cup-2023-attendance-explained-2048x1355.jpg",2048,1355,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"FIFA says the Women's World Cup 2023 will be the most attended women\u2019s sporting event in history.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/35035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How many fans are at the Women\u2019s World Cup?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Number of Women\u2019s World Cup tickets<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Women\u2019s World Cup tickets still on sale<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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