18 Aug 2023

FIFA fans depart NZ buzzing about their time here

From First Up, 5:52 am on 18 August 2023

Its whizzed by, and just like that, the Fifa Womens Fifa World Cup has left our shores. It feels just 4 weeks ago that organisers were worried about slow ticket sales but they needn't have stressed, with an outstanding attendance of just over 708 thousand across the 29 games staged here. Australia still has the final and bronze medal match to come over the weekend and many visiting fans have headed across the ditch to finish the tournament with a bang. Leonard Powell caught up with a few of them at Auckland Airport before they flew out.