A BOLA – Mundial: tickets for Portugal’s play-off game on sale (Women’s Football)
FIFA announced on Monday night that it had already sold “half a million tickets to fans in more than 120 countries” for the games in the final phase of the Women’s World Cup this year, whose ninth edition will take place from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand, with the presence of 32 players, and Portugal, with the team coached by Francisco Neto, still in the fight, in the last of three ‘play-offs’, to guarantee a place.
184 days before the kick-off of the event, the organization chaired by Gianni Infantino – which will be given with a meeting between New Zealand and the 1995 world champions, Norway, on 20 July, FIFA revealed these data on the same day in which he put tickets for sale for the final ‘play-off’ for qualifying the last chips for the event.
Among the tickets most sought after by sponsors, the final game, on August 20, at Estádio Australia, in Sydney/Gadigal, was, naturally, what triggered the greatest demand, even though it is still unknown who will be the finalists of the proof.
The opening game and ceremony (preceding it), on 20 July, will take place at Aotearoa New Zealand’s Eden Park in Auckland.
Among the 32 guests present, and those already qualified, highlights for the presences, unprecedented in the final phase, from Morocco, Zambia, Philippines, Vietnam and Ireland.
«World Cup ticket sales got off to a very strong start, and not just from fans in Australia or New Zealand: they favored residing in the USA, England, Qatar, Germany, China, Canada, Ireland and France are among the ‘top 10’ of buyers», revealed Fatma Samoura, FIFA secretary general for the competition, in a note sent by the organization to the newsrooms on that day.
Ticket prices, on sale online on the FIFA website, start at 20 Australian dollars (€12.87) for adults and ten dollars (€6.44) for children, remaining the organization that oversees world football as well. selling travel packages, with displacement and accommodation, as well.
The ‘play-off’ to determine the latest generations will take place at the Waikato Stadium, in Hamilton, and also at the North Harbor Stadium, in Auckland (New Zealand), between February 17th and 23rd, and tickets will be on sale on the FIFA when it’s 5pm on Tuesday 17th of the current month in Auckland. That is, within four hours, when it was four in the morning in mainland Portugal, the sale to the public opens on the FIFA website.
In addition to Portugal, which is waiting for the winner of Cameroon-Thailand to decide a place in the competition, seven more arrived – in addition to the African and Asian ones – competing in the ‘play-offs’ from February 17 to 23, for another two places of the three still vacancies (29 qualified for the final phase): Chile, Haiti, Senegal, Taipei, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Panama.
The New Zealand women’s team, the Ferns’ coached three friendly matches with other sisters, including Portugal, during this period: Portugal take on New Zealand, in a warm-up game at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium on 17 February (within a month ), at 19:00 local time – 17 hours more than in mainland Portugal, where the game will start… at 6:00 am in Lisbon -, and
Cameroon and Thailand face off on February 18 at the same time and stage, awaiting the decisive game for the Selection, coached by Francisco Neto, against the winner of Thailand-Cameroon, scheduled for February 22, still and always at Waikato Stadium , from Hamilton, New Zealand, at 7.30 pm local time (6.30 am in mainland Portugal), ending this Group A of the ‘play-off’.
In Group B of the ‘play-off’, competing for another place, Chile awaits the winner of Senegal-Haiti to decide one more place, while in Group C Taipei will face Paraguay and Papua New Guinea will face Panama, with the winners of the two meetings of the only group with four relatives, later, to decide everything in a single game on 23 February in Hamilton.
In addition to Portugal, New Zealand will take advantage of two more preparation games, both against Argentina, on the 20th and 23rd of February.