The quantity was greater than in the course of the group phases of the 2018 World Cup in Russia in line with FIFA.
Greater than 2.45 million individuals attended the primary 48 matches of the Qatar 2022 World Cup whereas groups from 5 confederations made it to the spherical of 16, soccer’s governing physique FIFA stated on Saturday.
The quantity was greater than that of the 2018 World Cup in Russia for the group phases, FIFA stated within the report.
Of all of the matches within the first spherical of video games, essentially the most attended match was between Argentina and Mexico at Lusail Stadium with an attendance of 88,996 individuals.
Lusail would be the venue for the ultimate, as effectively.
In the meantime, on the FIFA Fan Pageant in Doha, multiple million individuals visited the venue, a spot the place followers come collectively to look at stay video games in the course of the match and was launched in 2006 in the course of the World Cup in Germany.
So far, Saudi Arabia led the record of most guests with greater than 77,000 adopted by India which had a complete of 56,893.
Earlier than Qatar 2022 kicked off on November 20, the host nation stated it was anticipating multiple million guests.
By way of TV audiences, 36 million individuals watched Japan vs Costa Rica, whereas USA vs England was the most-watched males’s soccer sport in US tv historical past.
Most numerous spherical of 16
Based on FIFA, this 12 months was the primary time groups from all continents made it to the spherical of 16 knockout phases since 2002.
“That is the primary time two African groups [Senegal and Morocco] have reached the spherical of 16 – solely earlier time got here in 2014 [Algeria and Nigeria],” the governing physique stated.
Morocco topped their group after defeating Belgium and Canada, whereas drawing with Croatia of their opening match. In the meantime, Senegal defeated Qatar and drew with Ecuador and Netherlands of their Group A fixtures.
South Korea, Australia and Japan qualifying was the primary time three nations from the Asian Soccer Confederation made it to the spherical of 16 of the World Cup, the report added.
