He Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023 was inaugurated this morning with a light show, music and fireworks in the stadium Auckland’s Eden Parkin the prelude to the first match of the tournament between New Zealand and Norwaywhich ended with victory for the locals by 1 to 0.
The festival featured performances that highlighted the unique cultures of Maori in Aotearoa New Zealand and First Nations peoples in Australiaconjugated with references to the 32 countries who will participate in a World Cup that promises to be historic.
The local artist Benee, from Aotearoa New Zealand, and Mallrat from Australiathey sang together the official song of the Cup, “Do It Again”as dozens of young people danced and jumped to the music, in a display of dynamic collaboration between the host nations to highlight unity, celebration and female empowerment.
48,000 thousand people present at the opening of the Women’s World Cup
Unlike pre show in qatar 2022which lasted half an hour, the women’s soccer world cup ceremony developed in 15 minutes in a stadium packed with more than 48,000 people.
With the tickets sold out a month agoOn a cold day with intermittent wind and rain, a constant in New Zealand weather, most people arrived shortly before the start of the ceremony.
By decision of the organizers, public transport is free up to three hours before the match, although the vast majority of citizens drive by car in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand.
He DJ All Goodie set the stadium to music an hour and a half after the “kick-off”, with pop hits, while there was also time for the Football Ferns and the Norwegians, world champions in 1995they went out to step on the playing field and make some pre-competitive movements.
Once the inaugural party was over with the fireworks, the lights of the stadium were turned on, the trophy entered that traveled through the 32 countries that are playing in this World Cup and the flags of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, from New Zealand and Norway, from FIFA and one of his proposals “United for inclusion”.
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The Women’s World Cup will have different messages that seek to raise awareness
As part of the “Football unites the world” campaign, in the 64 games that this ninth edition of the World Cup will have will spread messages related to the inclusion, the rights of indigenous peoples, the gender equalitypeace, education for all, the eradication of hunger, the fight against gender violence and the passion for soccer.
The teams entered, the hymns were heard and before they were accommodated on the field of play for the kick off, it was made a minute of silence for the victims of the attack that occurred today in the center of the city, when a shooter killed two people and wounded six others from the top of a building under construction.
On the giant screens of the stadium it was possible to see Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, at the time of homage. The world soccer governing body explained that he received the “confirmation that (the shooting) was an isolated incident unrelated to football” so we continued with the opening of the world and the start party with “normality”.
In it Eden Parka stadium used mainly for the rugby and cricketthe most popular sports in New Zealand, the meeting between the Football Ferns and Norway exceeded the largest number of people in an international soccer match (37,000), established in 2017 when the All Whites -men’s soccer team- played against Peru.
In addition, it tripled the largest audience in history for the Ferns, which was 12,721 fans to see the friendly against him reigning two-time United States champion in January of this year.
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