15 Aug 2023

New Zealand hosts last Football World Cup game on home turf

From Checkpoint, 5:21 pm on 15 August 2023

New Zealand's role as co-hosts for the Football World Cup ends tonight. The semi-final between Spain and Sweden in Auckland is the last of 29 games to be held in Aotearoa during a tournament that has broken attendance records.

New Zealand Football CEO Andrew Pragnell says they're absolutely stoked with how the tournament has unfolded.

Sports reporter Felicity Reid joins us from outside Eden Park.