(Football news) The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is on the horizon and organisers claim that 850,000 tickets have already been sold for the event which will be held in Australia and New Zealand. The World Cup will feature 32 nations including England and Republic of Ireland and will begin on 20th July with the final on 20th August. A spokesperson from FIFA said that they were optimistic of selling one million tickets over the next few weeks.

FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura said “2023 is going to be a landmark moment for women’s football.” The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be the ninth edition and organisers are hopeful of getting 1.5 million ticket sales as well as a global television audience of two billion viewers. The opening match will take place between co-hosts New Zealand and former champions Norway at Eden Park, Auckland on 20th July while the final will take place at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Defending world champions the United States will be located in New Zealand for their three group stage games while England and Ireland will be in Australia. England will kick off their World Cup campaign against debutants Haiti in Brisbane and will face Denmark six days later. Their final Group D match is against China in Adelaide on 1st August.

The Republic of Ireland will be amongst the eight debutants at the World Cup, facing co-hosts Australia on 20th July at Stadium Australia followed by a match against Canada in Perth on 26th July and Nigeria on 31st July in Brisbane. The United States could win their third consecutive World Cup this time around and will take on Vietnam in Auckland on 22nd July, the Netherlands in Wellington on 27th July and Portugal on 1st August in Auckland.

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