Fifa 'doing everything' not to split up families at Women's World Cup
The organisation faced a backlash on Monday after it emerged fans who bought groups of tickets would not necessarily be seated together
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Your support makes all the difference.Fifa insists the organisation is "doing everything" it can to ensure families will be seated together at the upcoming Women's World Cup.
The organisation faced a backlash on Monday after it emerged fans who bought groups of tickets would not necessarily be seated together.
In the latest statement, a Fifa spokesperson said: "Tickets for a limited number of matches such as the semi-finals and final are in very high demand.
"In some cases, when matches were almost sold out, the only tickets remaining were for individual seats.
"Of the 1.3million tickets on sale for the tournament it is estimated that not having side-by-side seats will affect only a very small number of fans.
"Fifa and the Local Organising Committee are continuing to work towards finding the best solution for all fans attending the Fifa Women's World Cup and, in particular, are doing everything they can to ensure that families will always be seated together at each and every match."
The governing body has previously stated on Twitter that it was "confident the problems will be solved" regarding the tickets, and that less than one per cent of fans were affected.
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