Women's World Cup passes 500,000 milestone in ticket sales

The Girls in Green will make their tournament debut in Australia.

Denise O'Sullivan during a Republic of Ireland training session at the FAI National Training Centre in Abbotstown. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

More spectators than ever will get to watch this summer’s Women’s World Cup after Fifa confirmed the milestone of 500,00 tickets sales has already been surpassed.

Ireland will make their tournament debut in Australia, co-hosts with New Zealand, and are among the top nations to have purchased tickets for the first-ever expanded 32-team extravaganza.