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Has this tournament been a success? Objectively yes, but since the incredible 2023 World Cup on Australian soil and resulting heightened expectations, the nuanced answer is not so straightforward.
Although the Matildas have struggled to sell out their matches, they will have attracted about 250,000 attenders over three weeks, and ticket sales for the tournament have beaten the previous Women?s Asian Cup record by a factor of five.
Organisers had to spread a tournament of only a handful of elite teams across three states in a compressed schedule, just as Australia?s sporting eyes were turned by the start of the AFL and NRL seasons, as well as the Formula One grand prix in Melbourne.
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