Average attendance of 30,000 in 16 years since 2007 in China
Box office explodes as host nation Australia reaches quarterfinals
Heading into its final stretch, the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Australia-New Zealand is averaging 30,000 fans. Co-hosts Australia have reached the quarterfinals for the first time in their history, 성인웹툰 and the tournament has been a huge draw.
With two semifinals, a third-place playoff and four matches remaining before the final on Friday, the Associated Press reported that a total of 1,734,028 fans have attended the tournament's 60 matches, according to a FIFA release.
That's about 28,900 per match.
Compared to the previous tournament in France in 2019, the average attendance has increased by about 7,000. In France, there were 21,756 fans per match.
The average attendance for the previous eight World Cups was 24,780. 일본야동 That's more than 4,000 more than the average for the previous eight World Cups.
Most analysts believe that co-host Australia's run to the quarterfinals for the first time ever has spurred interest in the World Cup.
Most notably, a dramatic 7-6 penalty shootout win over France in the quarterfinals on Dec. 12. Nearly 50,000 people packed Brisbane Stadium for the match.
Another 7.2 million people watched live on the Seven network, up 10% from the previous match. It was also the highest level for a sporting event since track and field star Cathy Freeman (AUS) won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Australia will play England in the final on Saturday.
The previous highest average attendance at a Women's World Cup was in 1999 in the United States. It averaged 37,944, followed by 37,218 per game in China in 2007.
Back then, there were only 16 nations and 32 matches.
After averaging around 20,000 in the 24-nation format, the tournament has expanded to 32 nations and is hoping to reach 30,000 again.
It will be interesting to see if the 한국야동 Women's World Cup can return to the 30,000-per-game era after 16 years.