Posted August 04, 2023 05:20
· last edited August 04, 2023 05:36
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New Zealand finish the group stages with an average crowd ~ 3,000 more than in France 2019.
Of the top 20 attended group matches across 2019 and 2023, 9 were in Aus, 7 in NZ and 4 in France.
Crowd average during knockout phase in 2019 was just 29,087 so almost certain that will get smashed by both host nations. Annotation 2023-08-04 083546.png23.62 KB
That is a great achievement for us in NZ. However, NZ attendance figures would have been boosted a lot if Christchurch, the second-biggest city in NZ, had hosted matches because crowds were quite poor in Dunedin for games (apart from the Ferns) and if we had a suitable stadium here in Christchurch, there is no way that Dunedin would have hosted any matches at all with its small population.
Dunedin predictably had the lowest attendances overall of any host city in the tournament if you take out the Ferns game which would have been well-attended anywhere (worst than Hamilton which does have a larger population of 180,000 compared to Dunedin's 130,000) Dunedin total attendance: 49,743 (five games) plus 25,947 (Ferns game)
Less than 7000 for Japan v Costa Rica, less than 12,000 for Netherlands v Portugal on a weekend - which was a big game and would have attracted a decent crowd anywhere else (especially Canterbury, Wellington, Waikato or Auckland, the main centres of Dutch settlement in NZ - Dutch population of NZ: only 5% live in Otago; 12.5% each in Canterbury, Wellington and Waikato; 26% in Auckland)
Average Dunedin attendances: 9949 (over five games, minus the Ferns game) Total Hamilton attendance: 59,549
Average Hamilton attendances: 11,910 (over the five games played there - second worst in the tournament)
Only NZ venue not to host the Football Ferns which brought their average attendance down a little.
Hamilton attracted 17,907 and 16,111 to non Football Ferns games on weekday evenings which was pretty amazing.
Attendances at other NZ venues:
Auckland average: 36,376 (over five games)
Wellington average: 25,898 (over four games)
The NZ record for any football match (men's or women's) was broken twice - first when 42,137 attended the opening game and a second time when 42,958 attended USA v Portugal, the last group match played in Auckland.
Hamilton's biggest crowd of 17,907 was 10% of the city's population.
Whereas Auckland's 42,958 was only 3% of that city's population.
Wellington's biggest crowd of 32,357 was 15.26% of Wellington city's population of 212,000 (or 7.44% of the metropolitan area including the Hutts, Porirua etc. which are actually separate cities). Wellington as a city actually only has a population of 212,000.
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Unknown editoredited August 04, 2023 05:36
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New Zealand finish the group stages with an average crowd ~ 3,000 more than in France 2019.
Of the top 20 attended group matches across 2019 and 2023, 9 were in Aus, 7 in NZ and 4 in France.
Crowd average during knockout phase in 2019 was just 29,087 so almost certain that will get smashed by both host nations. Annotation 2023-08-04 083546.png23.62 KB
It's a real shame that Christchurch, the second-biggest city in NZ, missed out on hosting matches because crowds were quite poor in Dunedin for games (apart from the Ferns) and if we had a suitable stadium here in Christchurch, there is no way that Dunedin would have hosted any matches at all with its small population.
Dunedin predictably had the lowest attendances overall of any host city in the tournament if you take out the Ferns game which would have been well-attended anywhere (worst than Hamilton which does have a larger population of 180,000 compared to Dunedin's 130,000) Dunedin total attendance: 49,743 (five games) plus 25,947 (Ferns game)
Less than 7000 for Japan v Costa Rica, less than 12,000 for Netherlands v Portugal on a weekend - which was a big game and would have attracted a decent crowd anywhere else (especially Canterbury, Wellington, Waikato or Auckland, the main centres of Dutch settlement in NZ - Dutch population of NZ: only 5% live in Otago; 12.5% each in Canterbury, Wellington and Waikato; 26% in Auckland)
Average Dunedin attendances: 9949 (over five games, minus the Ferns game) Total Hamilton attendance: 59,549
Average Hamilton attendances: 11,910 (over the five games played there - second worst in the tournament)
Only NZ venue not to host the Football Ferns which brought their average attendance down a little.
Hamilton attracted 17,907 and 16,111 to non Football Ferns games on weekday evenings which was pretty amazing.
Attendances at other NZ venues:
Auckland average: 36,376 (over five games)
Wellington average: 25,898 (over four games)
The NZ record for any football match (men's or women's) was broken twice - first when 42,137 attended the opening game and a second time when 42,958 attended USA v Portugal, the last group match played in Auckland.
Hamilton's biggest crowd of 17,907 was 10% of the city's population.
Whereas Auckland's 42,958 was only 3% of that city's population.
Wellington's biggest crowd of 32,357 was 15.26% of Wellington city's population of 212,000 (or 7.44% of the metropolitan area including the Hutts, Porirua etc. which are actually separate cities). Wellington as a city actually only has a population of 212,000.
Unknown editoredited August 04, 2023 05:32
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New Zealand finish the group stages with an average crowd ~ 3,000 more than in France 2019.
Of the top 20 attended group matches across 2019 and 2023, 9 were in Aus, 7 in NZ and 4 in France.
Crowd average during knockout phase in 2019 was just 29,087 so almost certain that will get smashed by both host nations. Annotation 2023-08-04 083546.png23.62 KB
It's a real shame that Christchurch, the second-biggest city in NZ, missed out on hosting matches because crowds were quite poor in Dunedin for games (apart from the Ferns) and if we had a suitable stadium here in Christchurch, there is no way that Dunedin would have hosted any matches at all with its small population.
Dunedin predictably had the lowest attendances overall of any host city in the tournament if you take out the Ferns game which would have been well-attended anywhere (worst than Hamilton which does have a larger population of 180,000 compared to Dunedin's 130,000) Dunedin total attendance: 49,743 (five games) plus 25,947 (Ferns game)
Less than 7000 for Japan v Costa Rica, less than 12,000 for Netherlands v Portugal on a weekend - which was a big game and would have attracted a decent crowd anywhere else (especially Canterbury, Wellington, Waikato or Auckland, the main centres of Dutch settlement in NZ - Dutch population of NZ: only 5% live in Otago; 12.5% each in Canterbury, Wellington and Waikato; 26% in Auckland)
Average Dunedin attendances: 9949 (over five games, minus the Ferns game)
Average Hamilton attendances: 11,910 (over the five games played there - second worst in the tournament)
Only NZ venue not to host the Football Ferns which brought their average attendance down a little.
Hamilton attracted 17,907 and 16,111 to non Football Ferns games on weekday evenings which was pretty amazing.
Attendances at other NZ venues:
Auckland average: 36,376 (over five games)
Wellington average: 25,898 (over four games)
The NZ record for any football match (men's or women's) was broken twice - first when 42,137 attended the opening game and a second time when 42,958 attended USA v Portugal, the last group match played in Auckland.
Hamilton's biggest crowd of 17,907 was 10% of the city's population.
Whereas Auckland's 42,958 was only 3% of that city's population.
Wellington's biggest crowd of 32,357 was 15.26% of Wellington city's population of 212,000 (or 7.44% of the metropolitan area including the Hutts, Porirua etc. which are actually separate cities). Wellington as a city actually only has a population of 212,000.
