Sydney reopens Olympic stadium a year after hosting the ’23 World Cup

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The women’s teams Australia and CanadaThey premiered this Tuesday in a friendly, which settled the victory for the Canadians by 1-2, the rebuilt stadium in Sydney, less than a year before the inauguration ofWorld Cup in Australia and New Zealandwhere it will be one of the venues.

Has capacity for 42,500 viewers and located a short distance from Sydney’s financial district, the venue will be the only new venue to be used for the 2023 World Cup, the draw of which will be held in Auckland on October 22.

In addition to Sydney and Auckland, the World Cup will host Wellington, Perth, Melbourne, Hamilton, Dunedin, Brisbane and Adelaide as venues.

FIFA recalled that the old stadium, built in 1988, had previously hosted World Cup qualifiers, the Australian men’s and women’s league grand finals and the final of the 2000 Sydney Olympics football tournament.

Source: La Verdad

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