Box Office and Olympic Bound CommBank Matildas return to Adelaide and Sydney | Football Australia

Football Australia today announced that the CommBank Matildas will host reigning AFC Women’s Asian Cup™ champions and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ participants, China PR, in a two-match “’Til It’s Done Farewell” international series to be played in Adelaide and Sydney during the May/June FIFA Women’s International Window.

Aided by the support of the South Australian Government through its tourism body, the South Australian Tourism Commission, the opening match of the series will see the CommBank Matildas head to Adelaide for the first time since November 2019. To be played on Friday, 31 May (7.40pm AECT), this contest will take centerstage at Adelaide Oval which will be the first time an Australian Women’s National Football Team have ever played at South Australia’s largest sporting venue.

Three days later on Monday 3 June, through the support of the New South Wales (NSW) Government via its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW, fans will see Accor Stadium welcome the CommBank Matildas for their final match on home soil before they depart for the Paris 2024™ Olympic Games.

The CommBank Matildas enter this series on the back of twelve consecutive sold out matches on home turf which extends from the final preparatory match prior to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in July 2023, through to their Olympic Qualifier against Uzbekistan in Melbourne last week (28 February).

Football Australia Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson, said: “As we have seen over the past twelve months, the CommBank Matildas are a box office entertainment juggernaut with an incredible streak of 12 sold out home matches with over 600,000 fans in attendance and millions watching the broadcast of these encounters.

“Our senior national teams are