Fifa chief Infantino prompts football fans to ‘seize the minute’ and buy tickets PUBLISHED : 19 Jul 2023 at 21: 52 Eden Park arena in Auckland will be the place of the opening match in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, inbetween New Zealand and Norway. (Photo: AFP)
AUCKLAND: Fifa president Gianni Infantino has advised fans to “seize the minute” and snap up Women’s World Cup tickets, with Thursday’s opening match yet to sell out on the eve of the competition. There have long been issues about sales in New Zealand, which will phase the opening videogame when the co-hosts face Norway at the 50,000-capacity Eden Park in Auckland. Australia play the Republic of Ireland in the 2nd videogame on Thursday in a sell-out at Sydney’s Stadium Australia, which can hold about 80,000 fans. Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura stated that 1.375 million tickets haveactually been offered for the month-long competition, surpassing the figure for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. That competition had 24 groups, compared to 32 for the 2023 edition. As of late Wednesday, tickets were still readilyavailable on Fifa’s authorities site for nearly all World Cup matches, consistingof New Zeala
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