2019 Women's World Cup: one month away from France - South Korea opener on 07/06/2019

The eighth Women's World Cup will start with the opening game between France - South Korea (Group A) at the Parc des Princes in Paris (FRA) on Friday 07/06/2019 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). This will be the first of the 52 matches of this first ever 24-team Women's World Cup.

"The 2019 Women's World Cup in France must be popular and festive, and for this competition to be beautiful, we need to have our stadiums filled. For this reason, a study was conducted so that the tickets are accessible to all," explained Laura Georges, secretary general of the FFF, on 28/01/2019. The former French international with 188 caps was the ambassador for the third edition of Think Football, the annual conference organized by News Tank Football on 07/02/2019.

"In 2015, the Women's World Cup drew 1.35 million spectators to the stadiums and had 750 million viewers. France seems ready to break these records and it is possible that the 2019 World Cup will have more than a billion viewers," said Fatma Samoura, FIFA secretary general, guest of honour at Think Football 2019, on 07/02/2019.

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