October 13-15: Opening round of women’s A-League season ( click here for details) October 9-17: Two-match international window for the All Whites. October 1-7: OFC Futsal Nations Cup, New Zealand ( click here for details) September 18-26: Two-match international window for the Football Ferns. Monday September 18 (9pm NZT): New Zealand Men’s U-17 v Venezuela U-17, Denka Big Swan Stadium, Japan ( click here for details) Saturday September 16 (6.30pm NZT): New Zealand Men’s U-17 v Japan U-17, Nigata Athletic Field, Japan ( click here for details) Thursday September 14 (9pm NZT): New Zealand Men’s U-17 v Nigata, Nigata Athletic Field, Japan ( click here for details) September 13-30: OFC U-16 Women’s Championship, Tahiti ( click here for details) Sunday September 10 (4pm): Final of the Chatham Cup, North Harbour Stadium ( click here for details) Sunday September 10 (1pm): Final of the Kate Sheppard Cup, North Harbour Stadium ( click here for details) Saturday September 9 (7pm): Final of OFC Olympic qualifiers tournament, North Harbour Stadium ( click here for details) Wednesday August 30 (3pm NZT): New Zealand v Fiji, OFC Olympic qualifier, Go Media Stadium, Mt Smart ( click here for details) SEPTEMBER READ MORE: FIFA Women’s World Cup attracts huge television audiences in New Zealand > Listen to Peter Filopoulos interview hereĬlick on links for more information AUGUSTĪugust 27-September 9: OFC Men’s Olympic qualifying tournament, New Zealand ( click here for details) The viewing figures show unprecedented interest in women’s football.įIFA reported an average television audience of 623,201 viewers watched New Zealand play Switzerland in the final group game in Dunedin, surpassing the numbers who watched the opening match by 32%. READ MORE: World Cup attendances on track to average 24,000 a game in New Zealand >Īlmost four out of 10 New Zealanders tuned into Sky Sport’s coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup during the tournament’s group stages. READ MORE: Record books rewritten as crowds get behind FIFA Women’s World Cup > With three games left to play in New Zealand, more than 590,000 fans have packed into stadiums in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin, averaging 22,703 for the 26 matches played. That would lift the average attendance to more than 24,000 per game. In New Zealand, ticket sales on track for its 29 hosted games to exceed 700,000 spectators. Peter Filopoulos … ‘tournament breaking all its targets.’ Photo credit: Football Australia. “To put that into context, that 3.6 million national average is more people than what watched the NRL Grand Final in 2022, more than watched the AFL Grand Final in 2022, more than watched any of the NRL’s State of Origin matches this year,” Filopoulos said. “This tournament is one of the biggest tournaments, not only amongst women, but I think it’s one of the biggest tournaments in the world.”Īustralia’s Round of 16 win against Denmark reached a television audience of 6.5 million people in Australia, with an average broadcast audience of 3.6 million. To put that into context, that’s one in five people all over the world. “The other KPI is two billion TV audience globally. Including New Zealand ticket sales, the tournament is expected to have drawn 2.6 million spectators by the final. “To give you context, in Paris they sold 1.1 million tickets four years ago at the corresponding tournament.” We’ve exceeded that and will get to 1.9 million tickets. “Our KPIs were set to sell 1.5 million tickets. The FIFA Women’s World Cup is exceeding its three key targets set by Football Australia for ticket sales, television audiences and on-the-pitch performance by the Matildas.įootball Australia’s Head of Marketing, Communications and Corporate Affairs, Peter Filopoulos, told SEN Radio Network’s Sportsday WA:
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