Some Australian-based football fans vying for tickets to next year's Women's World Cup have been left empty-handed after a second phase of single-game sales began at 3am AEDT, with little communication or prior warning from FIFA.
Hundreds of fans have since taken to social media asking for clarification around ticket purchases after logging onto FIFA's website on Tuesday morning only to discover the allocation for the games they'd wanted to attend — including the Matildas' opening group-stage game against the Republic of Ireland in Sydney — were already exhausted.
