The Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is expected to break all-time attendance records for the tournament.
By June, over 1 million tickets had been sold, with FIFA expecting the total attendance record to be broken as women’s football enjoys an explosion of popularity.
The 2023 tournament should comfortably surpass the existing record thanks in part to the expanded format with a record high 32 teams playing 64 games.
Not every game will prove a huge draw. Organisers in New Zealand responded to low demand for four such matches by offering to give away 20,000 tickets, including matches featuring debutants Zambia.
The attendances at the tournament, and how they compare between the two host nations, will be an interesting point of observation, and The Sporting News looks back at the attendance records for previous tournaments, and the stadiums hosting the games in 2023.
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2023 Women’s World Cup attendance tracker
The largest attendance so far was Australia’s opener in Stadium Australia, where 75,784 saw the Matildas’ victory over the Republic of Ireland. It was a record home crowd for a women’s football match in Australia and the third largest in Women’s World Cup history.
It’s worth noting that the…
