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Oisin Doherty

82,500 sell-out confirmed for Ireland v Australia World Cup opener

Ireland's World Cup opener with Australia is set to be a sell-out, with over 80,000 fans expected for the opening game of the tournament.

FIFA announced on Tuesday that the game, which is due to be played at the 82,500 capacity Stadium Australia in Sydney, was completely sold-out.

Chief executive of the Women's World Cup Dave Beeche confirmed that there is no more tickets currently available for the opening game of the tournament.

READ MORE: Ireland World Cup squad announcement LIVE: Vera Pauw

"There is currently nothing available," said Beeche when asked.

Over 1.1 million tickets have already been sold for the tournament which will be held across July and August in Australia and New Zealand.

Ireland begin their campaign against The Matildas on July 20th and Vera Pauw will officially name her squad for the tournament this morning.

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