Super Falcons World Cup Match Tickets Sold Out
By Amaechi Agbo
World football governing body, FIFA, have confirmed that tickets for all Nigeria’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Group Stage matches have been sold out, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.
Nigeria paired in Group A of the tournament alongside host nation, France, Norway and South Korea, had their tickets sold out with more than a month left for the kick off of the championship.
FIFA had earlier announced that the tickets for the Group A clash between hosts France and the Super Falcons of Nigeria at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup has been sold out.
The encounter is billed for the Roazhon Park, Rennes on Monday, June 17.
“TICKET UPDATE 🚨 The Group A match between 🇳🇬 (Nigeria) and 🇫🇷 (France) on 17 June is now SOLD OUT,” reads a tweet on the official Twitter handle of FIFA last month
The sale of the match tickets for the competition was declared open by the World football governing body commenced on Thursday, March 7th, 2019.
FIFA also confirmed that more than 720,000 tickets have been sold for the Women’s World Cup in France slated for June this year including match between fellow Africa representative, Netherlands v Cameroon have been sold out as well.
“Ticket sales figures show that people are excited about the competition and we are looking forward to seeing the stadiums across France packed with passionate fans,” said Fifa chief commercial officer Philippe Le Floc’h.
The Super Falcons will begin their campaign at the World Cup against Norway on Saturday, June 8 at the Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims.
Thomas Dennerby’s charges will face Korea Republic in their second at the Stade des Alpes, Grenoble, on Wednesday, June 1 2.
France will host the competition from Saturday, June 7th to Sunday, July 7th.