Australia's progress to a second successive final at the tournament has helped boost ticket sales, which have already far exceeded organisers' "budget" target of 355,000 for the competition.
"It is the eighth sell-out for the tournament which has already seen 561,178 fans attend 30 matches over 21 days in five cities – five of those sell-outs being for Socceroos' games," read a statement released by the local organising committee on Friday.
Chief organiser Michael Brown told Reuters last year the "budget" target would net organisers A$14.5 million (7 million pounds), while his more optimistic goal of half a million tickets sold would push revenue above the A$20 million mark.
The organising committee was entrusted with A$62 million of Australian taxpayers' cash in an operating budget of around A$82 million to run the tournament.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Peter Rutherford)
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