News: 2025 FIFA Club World Cup: General [Multiple Rs]

Yup. Best result of a non-euro team so far. And it should be very embarrasing to Inter.

 

I generally agree, but we did get our first sub-20K figures yesterday:

11,974 @ Seattle for River Plate - Urawa
3,412 @ Orlando for Ulsan - Sundowns

I'm aware of the Orlando storm delay but that number surely includes tickets sold?

@HomietheClown - I thought such attendance figures weren't possible in the US, the best host nation of any sports game played ever?

The reality is NFL venues are much too large for most CWC games. Certainly in the group stage.

 

Indeed. Only the fourth time in CWC history that the score is tied after 90 minutes between a UEFA club and team that's not from Conmebol. Will we see the very first regulation defeat of a UEFA club later today between Pachuca and Salzburg?

Also, today is one of two historical final replays in the group stage.

2001: Bayern Munich - Boca Juniors 1:0 AET
2022: Real Madrid - Al Hilal 5:3

 

Well, you were wrong as usual then.

I never said that this Club World Cup would have the best attendance for every game combination possible known to mankind.
Just that it is better to host than most other countries for most matches. And so far it has been great.

 

Anybody could have predicted that Ulsan vs. Sundowns would not draw a crowd anywhere. That was not in an NFL stadium. The Seattle match was another 3 pm weekday start. They should have scheduled the group stage with simultaneous matches in order to have most games in the evenings.

 

That makes sense, especially given the crazy size of the WC now.

Certainly true that with FIFA nothing is given, all is possible.

 

Brah, what anti-CWC agenda are you talking about?

FIFA adopted price-gouging practices during CWC ticket sales. Fans responded accordingly by not buying overpriced tickets: sales were bad enough that FIFA gave away "5 tickets for USD 20" for its inaugural 2025 CWC match.

12 CWC matches were played until yesterday: 7 matches had attendance below 50% capacity.

- Ulsan-vs-Mamelodi; 13.37%
- River-vs-Urawa; 17.42%
- Chelsea-vs-LAFC; 31.18%
- Flamengo-vs-Esperance; 38.16%
- Fluminense-vs-Borussia; 42.10%
- Botafogo-vs-Seattle; 43.86%
- Monterrey-vs-Milan; 44.94%
- Palmeiras-vs-Porto; 56.09%
- Bayern-vs-Auckland; 81.35%
- Boca-vs-Benfica; 85.81%
- PSG-vs-AtlMadrid; 89.87%
- AlAhly-vs-Miami; 94.07%

So go ahead and blame dissenting opinions/facts, while putting lipstick on this pig.

 

I know Orlando wasn’t a NFL stadium. That was more of a general comment. So far only three matches had crowds larger than 50K. And I fully agree with your second point. For a “new” tournament the hosting market should be accommodated the most.

Glad to see Infantino in the Ulsan-Sundowns “crowd”. That should hopefully put an end to any 48-team expansion ideas.

 

Is this tournament the new format the World Cup will be in?

 

in a news release Tuesday “close to 1.5 million tickets” have so far been sold. Across 63 games, that would be less than 40% of the roughly 4 million cumulative capacity.

 

No. This is the old World Cup format.

 

Man City up 1:0 already after two minutes.

As defending champions, they are still wearing the old 2023 CWC winner badge. I therefore think we finally have statistical clarity. The FIFA Intercontinental Cup counts as a new competition. Not a continuation of the old format CWC.

That means Real Madrid has eight club world titles (not nine), and Tigres remains the only Concacaf CWC finalist. @Paul Calixte @jared9999

 

Wydad are looking good @pogoss

And another good fan turnout as well. Should be eye-opening to some in the Americas to see just how big some clubs are in the Arab world.

 

we started badly but we are not looking like Auckland so far !

 

Really should have scored there!

 

2nd big opportunity that was !

 

As disingenuous as actual attendance, perhaps?

By using actual attendance, a well-attended TQL match (21.1K, 85.8%) is ranked worse than a poorly-attended Mercedez-Benz match (22.1K at 31.1%).

If seat occupancy percentages are disingenuous, then why FIFA moved River-Urawa fan seating to places where the TV broadcast could find them?

 

HT: Man City - Wydad 2:0

The second City goal a bit anti-climatic after some good Wydad moments, but there you go.

 

Wydad's budget is 2% City's so I wasn't expecting better score at halftime anyway.

 

Which 40K fans attended a non-UEFA CWC match so far?

All I see is AlAhly-vs-InterMiami (60.9K at 94.0%), where tickets were given away by FIFA.

 

That’s a shame. What other matches are coming to Orlando?