The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has recorded over 500,000 milestone fans turnout for the FIFA fan festival after 19 days of football, music, and entertainment across host cities in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
As part of the initiative to include fans around the globe for the prestigious women’s game, free-to-enter FIFA Fan Festival was granted by the host countries as one fan in particular, Ashleigh Gell from Sydney was gifted two tickets for FIFA Women’s World Cup final.
“I think it’s pretty crazy and we’re so stoked that we’re the 500,000th people to come through,” said Gell who came to the FIFA Fan Festival to support Australia, along with her friend Sarah Gay from France.
“We’ve been trying to get our hands on some tickets for the remaining games, so to get this prize – we are pretty happy about that,” said Gell who had particularly enjoyed watching the underdog teams getting through to the play-offs.
FIFA Fan Festivals (formerly FIFA Fan Fests) have been a regular feature of the FIFA World Cup since 2006, but this year’s tournament in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand has been the first time this unique fan experience has been offered in all host cities of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The FIFA Fan Festival excitement is far from over with 10 matches still to be played until the Final in Stadium Australia on August 20, and seven host cities will continue to offer the unique match experience along with great performances from artists such as Montaigne, JessB, Kaylee Bell and Hollie Smith.
