World football’s governing body FIFA has defended its ticketing policy at the 2019 Women’s World Cup despite seeing average attendances at the first nine games of less than two-thirds of stadium capacity. England’s game against Scotland in Nice attracted only 13,188 fans at the 35,100-capacity Allianz Arena. In terms of tickets for England and Scotland games, there are seats available for their four remaining group-stage matches. The 57,900-capacity Stade de Lyon is staging both semi-finals and the final at France 2019, and they are sold out. Tickets in the two cheapest categories, however, have sold out for the Lionesses’ next game against Argentina in Le Havre on Friday, with seats available at £20 and £27.

Source: Irish Examiner June 11, 2019 13:41 UTC