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*[[2006-07 Commonwealth Bank Series]] - 425,622 (average 30,401)
*[[2006-07 Commonwealth Bank Series]] - 425,622 (average 30,401)
*[[2008 Indian Premier League]] - 3,422,000 (Average attendance-58,000)


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File:MCG stadium.jpg
An aerial view of the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the 1992 Cricket World Cup final packed with 90,000 people.
Inside Allianz Arena during a football match between FC Bayern München and TSV 1860 München, 2005-06-10.
Inside Wembley Stadium

This article lists the attendances of many sports competitions around the world.

Domestic Professional Leagues

Main article: List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues

Top 10 in Total Attendance

League Sport Country Season Games Average attendance Total attendance
Major League Baseball Baseball 29 teams in United States / 1 team in Canada 2007 2,430 32,717 79,502,524
NBA Basketball 29 teams in United States / 1 team in Canada 2007-08 1,230 17,394 21,394,757
NHL Ice hockey 24 teams in United States / 6 teams in Canada 2007-08 1,230 17,265 21,236,255
NPB Baseball Japan 2006 846 24,121 20,406,598
NFL American Football United States 2007 256 67,738 17,341,012
Premier League Association football England 2007-08 380 36,076 13,676,390
Bundesliga Association football Germany 2007-08 306 42,565 11,926,350
La Liga Association football Spain 2007-08 380 29,124 11,067,120
Football League Championship Association football England
(2 clubs in Wales)		 2007-08 552 17,022 9,396,144
Serie A Association football Italy 2007-08 380 23,180 8,808,400

Top 10 in Average Attendance

League Sport Country Season # of Teams Games Total attendance Average
attendance		 Source
National Football League American football United States 2007 32 256 17,341,012 67,738

[1]

Indian Premier League Cricket (Twenty20) India 2008 8 59 3,422,000 58,000 [2] [3]
Bundesliga Association football Germany 2008-09 18 306 13,024,890 42,565 [4]
Australian Football League Australian rules football Australia 2008 16 185 7,084,759 38,295 [5]
Premier League Association football England 2007-08 20 380 13,676,390 [B] 36,076 [6]
Major League Baseball Baseball US / (1 team in Canada) 2008 30 2,416 78,614,880 32,539 [7]
Canadian Football League Canadian Football Canada 2008 8 72 2,100,016 29,206 [8]
La Liga Association football Spain 2007-08 20 380 11,067,120 29,124 [9]
NPB Baseball Japan 2008 12 846 21,638,197 [C] 25,044
Serie A Association football Italy 2007-08 20 380 8,808,400 23,180 [10]

Domestic knock-out cup competitions

This section list attendances at domestic knock-out cup competitions in order of average attendance. It is very incomplete. In particular, there is a professional football (soccer) cup competition in most countries, and some countries have two.

Cup Sport Country Season Games Total attendance Average attendance Source
Ligapokal 1 Association football (pre-season competition) Germany 2007 5 164,350 32,870 [1]
DFB-Pokal Association football Germany 2007-08 63 1,266,029 20,096 [2]
NAB Cup Australian rules football (pre-premiership season competition) Australia 2009 15 282,585 18,839
FA Cup Association football England/Wales 2006-07 157 2,205,633 13,960 The Football Association
League Cup Association football England/Wales 2005-06 91 1,072,402 11,785 ESPN Soccernet
Brazilian Cup Association football Brazil 2006 111 938,550 8,455 CBF.com.br
Malaysia Cup Association football Malaysia 2005 61 387,048 6,345 msl.com.my
Russian Cup Association football Russia 2007–08 113 712,990 6,310 RSSSF
Malaysian FA Cup Association football Malaysia 2005 55 186,832 3,397 msl.com.my

1 Due to varying figures of 45,000 and 51,300 being given for the two games of the first-round doubleheader, an average figure of 48,150 was used for calculation.

College, semi-professional and amateur leagues

View of the crowd at the 2004 Rose Bowl College Football Game.

This section lists college and amateur leagues by total attendance. Remaining amateurism requirements in most top-level sports were dropped in the late 20th century, and there are now few amateur leagues which are of interest to a wide public. In the United States, college sports are very popular and at least one significant ice hockey league retains an amateur requirement. In Ireland, the All-Ireland senior championships in Gaelic football and hurling, both operated by the Gaelic Athletic Association, which continues to prohibit professionalism, each draw over 80,000 to fill Croke Park for the respective finals.[11]

The NCAA championships listed here are all composed of several separate conferences with varying attendance levels. For example, in American football, 2008 per-game home attendances for the highest level of competition, Division I FBS, ranged from 16,727 for Mid-American Conference teams to 76,844 for Southeastern Conference teams (the latter a record for all NCAA conferences).[12]

League Sport Country Season Games Total attendance Average attendance Source
NCAA Division I FBS football College American football United States 2008 798 37,483,158 46,971 [12]
NCAA Division I FCS football College American football United States 2008 677 5,972,993 8,823 [12]
NCAA Division I men's basketball College basketball United States 2007-08 5,058 27,322,294 5,412 [13][14]
NCAA Division II football College American football United States 2008 767 2,835,247 3,697 [12]
NCAA Division III football College American football United States 2008 1,193 2,165,447 1,815 [12]
NCAA Division I women's basketball College basketball United States 2007-08 4,745 7,860,398 1,657 [15][16]
NCAA Division I men's hockey Ice hockey United States 2007-08 1119 4,458,965 3,985 [17]
United States Hockey League Ice hockey United States 2006-07 360 1,051,897 2,922 [18]
North American Hockey League Ice hockey United States 2006-07 494 477,271 966 [18]

International club competitions

This section lists the attendances at international competitions between sports clubs. These are usually organised on a continental basis. The teams which compete in these tournaments also compete in the domestic competitions in their home countries.

This table is incomplete.

Tournament Sport Region(s) Year Games Total attendance Average
attendance		 Source
FIFA Club World Cup Association football Worldwide 2008 7 355,515 44,439 FIFA
UEFA Champions League Association football Europe 2007-08 1081 4,589,314 42,494 Group & Knockout Stage
World Club Challenge Rugby league Australasia and Europe since 1976 16 400,521 25,033
Super 14 Rugby union Australia, New Zealand, South Africa 2007 94 953,014 23,825 ZRugby.com
Copa Libertadores Association football South America 2008 126 2,436,897 19,340 [3]
Heineken Cup Rugby union Europe 2005-06 79 964,653 12,211 Sports-city
AFC Champions League Association football Asia 2008 96 985,641 10,267 AFC CL 2008
Asia Series Baseball Asia 2008 7 55,073 7,868 Asia.NPB
Euroleague Basketball Europe 2005-06 2253 1,348,607 5,941 Euroleague
  • 1 Current competition
  • 2 Group stage only
  • 3 This includes all stages except for the Euroleague Final Four. ULEB, the organiser of the Euroleague, does not sell individual match tickets for the Final Four. Each ticket package sold for that event admits the holder to both semifinal games, the third-place game, and the final.

Competitions between national teams

This section lists attendances at competitions between national representative teams sorted by average attendance. Please help Wikipedia by adding more competitions.
Tournament Sport Region Year Games Total attendance Average attendance Source
The Ashes Cricket Australia, England 2007 5 813,316 162,6621 www.cricket.com.au
Six Nations Championship Rugby union Europe 2008 15 981,060 70,893 [4]
International Rules Series International rules football Ireland, Australia 2006 2 117,127 58,563 Sports Australia sports.ie
FIFA World Cup finals Association football Worldwide 2006 64 3,353,655 52,401 2006 FIFA World Cup
Rugby Union Tri Nations Rugby union Australia, New Zealand, South Africa 2008 9 444,707 49,412 References in 2008 main article
Rugby World Cup Rugby union Worldwide 2007 48 2,274,037 47,376 2007 Rugby World Cup
British and Irish Lions Tour Rugby union Australia, New Zealand, South Africa 2005 3 125,533 41,844 References in 2005 main article
FIFA Women's World Cup finals Association football Worldwide 2007 322 1,190,971 37,218 [19]
Euro 2008 Association football Europe 2008 31 1,140,902 36,308 UEFA Euro 2008 statistics UEFA Euro 2008 Official Site
AFC Asian Cup Association football Asia 2004 32 1,000,025 31,258 Wikipedia articles on the AFC Asian Cup 2004
Rugby League Tri-Nations Rugby league Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain 2006 7 163,769 23,395 2006 wikipedia article
World Baseball Classic 3 Baseball Worldwide 2009 39 801,408 20,549 [20]
World Cup of Hockey 3 Ice hockey Worldwide 2004 19 303,630 15,981 2004 World Cup of Hockey (match stats)
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Ice hockey Worldwide 2009 31 453,282 14,622 IIHF
Cricket World Cup Cricket Worldwide 2007 51 672,000 13,176 2007 Cricket World Cup
Ice Hockey World Championships Ice hockey Worldwide 2008 54 477,040 8,834 IIHF
UEFA Women's Championship Association football Europe 2005 15 117,384 7,825 The FA and UEFA
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Beach soccer Worldwide 2008 32 175,500 5,453 FIFA
Hockey World Cup Field Hockey Worldwide 2006 42 98,788 2,352 FHI
FIFA Futsal World Championship Futsal Worldwide 2004 40 50,923 1,273 FIFA
  • 1The Ashes is Test cricket, which, unlike all other sports listed here (including the Cricket World Cup), is contested over more than one day (a maximum of 5 days for each match). Therefore it should be noted that these average attendance figures are not indicative of a single day's attendance. The five matches of the 2006-07 Ashes were contested over a total of 22 days, therefore the average attendance for a single day would be 36,969.
  • 2Although 32 games were played in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, tickets were sold only for 21 matchdays. The final schedule, which was affected slightly by Typhoon Wipha, saw 22 matches scheduled as doubleheaders—16 during pool play, all four quarterfinals, and the third-place game and final in a single session. However, FIFA took attendance separately for each individual match, and the calculation here reflects this practice.
  • 3World Baseball Classic and World Cup of Hockey are hosted in different regions of the world to boost attendance; as opposed to being hosted in one region like other international tournaments.

Domestic club championship events

This section lists the most recent attendances at annual championship events (single decider matches, or the final match in a best-of series) by total attendance, and includes domestic leagues and competitions. It has to be noted that the listed crowd figures are usually a reflection of a championship stadium's capacity, as demand for these events is usually so high that any stadium would be filled to capacity.

The table is divided into sports that are meant to be played outdoors and indoors. Included in "outdoors" are events done in a domed or closed-retractable stadiums but are meant to be played in an open stadium, while included in "indoors" are events done in a domed or closed-retractable stadiums but are meant to be played in an indoor arena.

Outdoor

Event Sport Country League Crowd Source Year Venue City
AFL Grand Final Australian rules football Australia Australian Football League 100,012 [5] 2008 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne
FA Cup Final Association football England FA Cup 89,391 [21] 2009 Wembley Stadium London
League Cup Final Association football England League Cup 88,217 [22] 2009 Wembley Stadium London
Challenge Cup Final Rugby league England, France, Russia, Scotland, Wales Challenge Cup 82,821 [23] 2008 Wembley Stadium London
All-Ireland Football Championship Final Gaelic football Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 82,196 [24] 2007 Croke Park Dublin
All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final Hurling Ireland All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 82,127 [25] 2007 Croke Park Dublin
Guinness Premiership Final Rugby union England Guinness Premiership 81,601 [26] 2009 Twickenham London
Football League Championship Play-Off Final Association football England Football League Championship 80,518 [27] 2009 Wembley Stadium London
National Rugby League Grand Final Rugby league Australia National Rugby League 80,388 [6] 2008 ANZ Stadium Sydney
Coupe de France Final Association football France Coupe de France 80,056 [28] 2009 Stade de France Saint-Denis
Top 14 Final Rugby union France Top 14 79,205 [29] 2009 Stade de France Saint-Denis
BCS National Championship Game American football United States NCAA Division I FBS football 78,468 [30] 2009 Dolphin Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida
DFB-Pokal Final Association football Germany DFB-Pokal 74,244 [31] 2009 Olympiastadion Berlin
Super Bowl American football United States National Football League 70,774 [32] 2009 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida
Super League Grand Final Rugby league England Super League (Europe) 68,810 [33] 2008 Old Trafford Football Stadium Trafford, Greater Manchester
Grey Cup Canadian football Canada Canadian Football League 66,308 Canadian Football League 2008 Stade Olympique Montreal
EDF Energy Cup Final Rugby union England/Wales EDF Energy Cup 65,756 [34] 2008 Twickenham London
Copa del Rey Final Association football Spain Copa del Rey 55,000 [35] 2009 Mestalla Valencia
A-League Grand Final Association football Australia A-League 53,273 [36] 2009 Telstra Dome Melbourne
FA Trophy Final Association football England FA Trophy 53,262 BBC Sport 2007 Wembley Stadium London
Scottish Cup Final Association football Scotland Scottish Cup 51,232 BBC Sport 2006 Hampden Park Glasgow
Scottish League Cup Final Association football Scotland Scottish League Cup 50,019 BBC Sport 2008 Hampden Park Glasgow
NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Championship Lacrosse United States NCAA 48,443 LaxPower 2007 M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore
KNVB Beker Final Association football Netherlands KNVB Beker 46,000 [37] 2009 Stadion Feijenoord Rotterdam
World Series, Game 5 Baseball United States Major League Baseball 45,940 [38] 2008 Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia
Japan Series, Game 7 Baseball Japan Nippon Professional Baseball 44,737 [39] 2008 Tokyo Dome Tokyo
NAB Cup Grand Final Australian rules football Australia Australian Football League 37,277 [7] 2009 Etihad Stadium Melbourne
SANFL Grand Final Australian rules football Australia SANFL 34,128 [8] 2008 AAMI Stadium Adelaide
FA Vase Final Association football England FA Vase 27,754 BBC Sport 2007 Wembley Stadium London
MLS Cup Association football United States Major League Soccer 27,000 [40] 2008 Home Depot Center Carson, California
FA Women's Cup Final Women's association football (soccer) England FA Women's Cup 24,582 [9] 2008 City Ground Nottingham
Norwegian Cup Final Association football Norway Norwegian Cup 24,361 [10] 2007 Ullevaal Stadion Oslo
Million Dollar Game American Football United States XFL 24,153 (USA) 2001 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles
RAMBLER Kubok Rossii Final Association football Russia RAMBLER Kubok Rossii 24,000 RFPL 2008 Lokomotiv Stadium Moscow
WAFL Grand Final Australian rules football Australia WAFL 23,199 [41]
NCAA Division I Football Championship[42] American football United States NCAA Division I FCS football 17,823 [43] 2008 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Final Cricket Australia KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 17,592 [11] 2009 ANZ Stadium Sydney
O&M Grand Final Australian rules football Australia Ovens & Murray Football League 15,442 [12] 2007 Lavington Sports Ground Albury
TransTeleCom Superkubok Rossii Association Football Russia Russian Super Cup 15,000 RFPL 2008 Luzhniki Stadium Moscow
Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Final Rugby league Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea National Rugby League 12,021 2007 Port Moresby
VFL Grand Final Australian rules football Australia Victorian Football League 11,641 Newspaper: Sunday Herald Sun: September 28, 2008: Sport, page 25; "Roosters' first crow" 2008 Telstra Dome Melbourne
Twenty20 Cup Cricket United Kingdom Twenty20 Cup 7,091 [13] 2007 Lord's Cricket Ground London
SFL Grand Final Australian rules football Australia Southern Football League 7,091 [14] 2007 North Hobart Oval Hobart
Queensland Cup Grand Final Rugby league Australia Queensland Rugby League 7,000 [15] 2007 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane
Illawarra Tooheys League Grand Final Rugby league Australia Illawarra Rugby League 5,707 Illawarra Mercury 2006 WIN Stadium Wollongong
Victorian Premier League Grand Final Association football Australia Victorian Premier League 5,125 [16] 2006 Bob Jane Stadium Melbourne
Ford Ranger One Day Cup Final Cricket Australia Ford Ranger One Day Cup 5,063 [17] 2008 Bellerive Oval Hobart
County Cricket Championships Cricket United Kingdom County Cricket 4,000 [Wisden] 2007 Lord's Cricket Ground London

Indoor

Event Sport Country League Crowd Source Year Venue City
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Basketball United States NCAA basketball 72,922 [44] 2009 Ford Field* Detroit
UAAP Men's Basketball Finals Game 2 Basketball Philippines University Athletic Association of the Philippines basketball 22,955 Philippine Daily Inquirer 2008 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
PBA Fiesta Conference Finals Game 7 Basketball Philippines Philippine Basketball Association 22,902 Philippine Daily Inquirer 2008 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
MISL Championship Finals Game 7 Indoor Soccer United States Major Indoor Soccer League 21,728 [18] 1987 Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Washington
Philippine NCAA Men's Basketball Finals Game 3 Basketball Philippines NCAA (Philippines) basketball 20,360 Philippine Daily Inquirer 2008 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
Champion's Cup Final Indoor lacrosse United States/Canada NLL 18,690 NLL.com 2008 HSBC Arena Buffalo
NBA Finals Game 6 Basketball United States NBA 18,524 Yahoo! Sports box score 2008 TD Banknorth Garden Boston
NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship Ice hockey United States NCAA ice hockey 18,512 [45] 2009 Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship Basketball United States NCAA basketball 18,478 ESPN 2009 Scottrade Center St. Louis
PBA Philippine Cup Finals Game 7 Basketball Philippines Philippine Basketball Association 18,388 PBA.ph 2009 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
ArenaBowl XXI Arena football United States Arena Football League 18,056 [19] 2007 New Orleans Arena New Orleans
Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 Ice hockey United States NHL 17,132 NHL.com box score 2008 Mellon Arena Pittsburgh
Copa del Rey de Baloncesto Final Basketball Spain ACB League 13,400 ACB League 2006 Madrid Arena Madrid
Kelly Cup Finals Game 6 Ice hockey United States ECHL 12,722 [46] 2008 US Bank Arena Cincinnati
Turner Cup Finals Game 7 Ice hockey United States International Hockey League 10,462 [47] 2008 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne
NBL Grand Final Game 5 Basketball Australia National Basketball League (Australia) 10,244 [20] 2008 Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney
NISL Final NISL Cup Final Indoor Soccer United States National Indoor Soccer League 9,857 NISL 2009 1st Mariner Arena Baltimore
Calder Cup Finals Game 6 Ice hockey United States American Hockey League 9,808 [48] 2008 Allstate Arena Chicago
WNBA Finals, Game 3 Basketball United States WNBA 8,952 [49] 2008 Convocation Center[50] Ypsilanti, Michigan
Memorial Cup Championship game ice hockey Canada Canadian Hockey League 6,807 [21] 2008 Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Kitchener
NCAA Women's Division I Ice Hockey Championship Ice hockey United States NCAA ice hockey 4,031 [51] 2008 DECC Duluth, Minnesota

*Ford Field is an indoor stadium used primarily for outdoor sports such as American football.

International club championship events

Tournament Sport Continent Crowd Source Year Venue City
FIFA Club World Championship final Association football Worldwide 67,128 FIFA Club World Cup 2006 2006 International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama, Japan
Heineken Cup final Rugby union Europe 66,523 [52] 2008–09 Murrayfield Edinburgh
UEFA Champions League final Association football Europe 62,467 [53] 2008–09 Stadio Olimpico Rome
AFC Champions League final Association football Asia 59,034 AFC Champions League 2007 2007 Saitama Stadium Saitama
UEFA Cup final Association football Europe 37,357 [54] 2008–09 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Istanbul
World Club Challenge Rugby League Australia, England, France, New Zealand 33,204 [22] 2008 Elland Road Leeds
Super 14 Final Rugby union Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa		 26,000 [55] 2008 AMI Stadium Christchurch
Euroleague Final Basketball Europe 13,238 [56] 2009 O2 World Berlin
European Champions Cup Gold Medal Game Ice Hockey Europe 12,000 IIHF 2006 St. Petersburg Ice Palace Saint Petersburg
European Challenge Cup Final Rugby union Europe 9,260 [57] 2008–09 Twickenham Stoop London

Domestic club competition final (two decider matches)

Competition Sport Country Source Year Crowd Venue City Crowd Venue City Total Crowd
Copa do Brasil Association football Brazil [23] 2006 43,955 Maracanã Rio de Janeiro 45,459 Maracanã Rio de Janeiro 89,414

International club competition final (two decider matches)

Competition Sport Continent Source Year Crowd Venue City Crowd Venue City Total Crowd
Copa Libertadores Association football South America [24] 2006 71,456 Morumbi São Paulo, Brazil 55,000 Beira-Rio Porto Alegre, Brazil 126,456
CONCACAF Champions' Cup Association football North America (Report) (Report) 2008 22,500 Saprissa San Jose 30,000 Saprissa Pachuca 52,500
AFC Champions League Association football Asia [25] 2008 20,639 Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Osaka, Japan 17,000 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide, Australia 37,639
Champions Hockey League Ice hockey Europe (Report) (Report) 2009 7,700 Magnitogorsk Arena Magnitogorsk 6,200 Diners Club Arena Zurich 13,900

Competitions between domestic representative sides

This section lists major domestic representative competitions sorted by total attendance. Please help Wikipedia by adding more competitions.

Tournament Sport Region Year Games Total attendance Average attendance Source
State of Origin Rugby league New South Wales & Queensland Australia 2008 3 198,787 66,262 [26]
City vs Country Rugby league New South Wales Australia 2008 1 11,365 11,365 [27]

All-Star exhibition games

This section lists major All-star games sorted by total attendance. Please help Wikipedia by adding more matches.

Event Sport Year Venue City, Country Attendance Source
AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match (AFL) Australian rules football 2008 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne, Australia 69,294 AFL
Pro Bowl (NFL) American football 2008 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 50,044 [28]
MLB All-Star Game Baseball 2008 Yankee Stadium New York, New York, United States 43,965 ESPN
E. J. Whitten Legends Game Australian rules football 2007 Telstra Dome Melbourne, Australia 24,452 [58]
NHL All-Star Game Ice hockey 2009 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec, Canada 21,273 NHL
MLS All-Star Game Association football 2008 BMO Field Toronto, Ontario, Canada 20,844 [59]
WNBA All-Star Game Basketball 2007[60] Verizon Center Washington, D.C., United States 19,487 WNBA
NBA All-Star Game Basketball 2008 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 17,271 NBA

Miscellaneous

This section lists attendances which do not fit into any of the sections above.

Baseball

  • NCAA Division I College World Series: The 2005 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska had a total attendance of 263,475 in 11 sessions, for an average of 23,952.[29]
    • NB: The NCAA sells tickets for "sessions" rather than individual games. Some sessions are single games, even when two games are scheduled for the same day, while others are doubleheaders allowing one ticket holder to view both games that day.
  • NCAA Division I Baseball: Mississippi State University holds the single game regular season on-campus attendance record at 14,991. They also hold the NCAA's top 2 all-time largest Super Regional attendance record of 12,620 and 13,715 versus Clemson in 2007. Mississippi State has all of the top 18 and 22 of the top 25 on-campus crowds in the history of college baseball.
  • Australian Baseball League: The highest ever single-game attendance of 13,764 was recorded when the Brisbane Bandits played the Sydney Blues in the 1994 finals series at Parramatta Stadium.[61]

Basketball

Boxing

Commonwealth Games

Cricket

Cycling

  • Tour de France (France and neighbouring countries) the organisers claim 15 million spectators every year [31], with the Guinness Book of Records claiming a more modest 10 million [32]. This is the highest total for any single sporting event; it should be pointed out, however, that attendance is entirely free and not closely monitored.

Gaelic Games

Golf

  • PGA Tour: 2004 attendance was over 10 million. [34]
  • PGA Tour's FBR Open: drew 536,767 spectators in 2006, [35] more than any other golf tournament in the world. [36]. This is a routine PGA Tour event which is played on a course which can accommodate exceptionally large crowds. Attendances at most events, including the major championships, are capped well below this level.
  • U.S. Women's Open attendance in 2005 was 131,298. [37]
  • The 2006 Open Championship attracted 230,000 spectators.[65]

Horseracing

  • Japan Racing Association: in 2004 8,099,985 racegoers attended meetings in Japan. [38] Attendances at JRA meetings have fallen every year since 1996, when they were 14,116,684. These numbers do not include the many "local racing" meetings in Japan.
  • British horse racing: in 2005 5,896,922 racegoers attended the 1,300 meetings held in the United Kingdom, an average of 4,536. [39].
  • Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival: a total of 730,110 in 2005 includes the major events e.g., Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup (93,825 in 2005) and Cox Plate (44,189 in 2005) [40] held in Melbourne, Australia
  • Kentucky Derby: 2006 event in the United States attracted a total of 157,536. The second largest attendance figure in the history of the race.[66]
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club: During the 2005/06 race year ending on June 30, of the 78 race meetings held over two courses in Hong Kong, 1,890,000 racegoers attended races meetings.[67][68]
  • Horse racing in Ireland: 1,447,245 racegoers attended over 319 meetings in 2006, with the largest single meeting is the Festival in Punchestown, achieving a record 85,000 racegoers, up 10% on 2005.[69]

Mixed Martial Arts

Motor racing

Motorsport

  • Indianapolis 500, Speedway, Indiana While the official attendance is not disclosed by Speedway management, with a permanent seating capacity for more than 257,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000.[72]
  • NASCAR: United States 13,000,000 at Nextel Cup, Busch Series racing, Craftman Truck series, and Whelen racing series. (Average 186,000) (2003)[73]
    • Compare this with attendance for 1997

The Winston Cup series attracted a total of 6,091,356 spectators over 32 rounds with an average of 190,355 spectators per round.[74]

    • In 1997, 1,942,750 spectators attended the Grand National series over 30 rounds, with an average of 64,758 per race.[74]
    • In 1997, 920,367 spectators attended the Craftsman Truck Series over 26 rounds, with an average of 35,399 per race.[74]
      • Daytona 500: 200,000 racegoers attended the sold out event for the 2005 race day.[75]

Motorcycle sport

Historical event

Olympics

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

All figures except Turin 2006 & Beijing 2008 from Olympic.org

Rugby union

Tennis

Wrestling

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ NFL News (2008-01-03). "NFL sets regular-season paid attendance record". Retrieved 2008-01-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ The Independent (=2008-01-04). "IPL Final: Visionaries rejoice as India's Twenty20 proves a massive hit". {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ Sportingo (=2008-31-05). "Sachin Tendulkar opening with Sanath Jayasuriya". {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH. "General statistics - Bundesliga (Spectators)". Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  5. ^ "All-time attendance record for 2008". Australian Football League. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  6. ^ "Premier League Handbook 2007/08". Premier League. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
  7. ^ "National League, seven Clubs set all-time attendance records" (Press release). Major League Baseball. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  8. ^ "Schedule". Canadian Football League. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  9. ^ "EFS attendances". europeanfootballstatistics.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
  10. ^ european-football-statistics.co.uk "EFS Attendances". European Football Statistics. Retrieved 2007-04-21. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  11. ^ "GAA attendance figures" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-11-27.
  12. ^ a b c d e "2008 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2009-04-01. This includes all regular-season games, bowl games for FBS teams, and playoff games and other postseason games in FCS and lower divisions. It does not include postseason all-star games.
  13. ^ a b c 2008 National College Basketball Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams), NCAA {{citation}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |format= requires |url= (help). Downloadable from the official NCAA site here.
  14. ^ This figure includes all games except for the NCAA tournament itself.
  15. ^ a b 2008 National College Basketball Attendance (For All NCAA Women's Varsity Teams), NCAA {{citation}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |format= requires |url= (help). Downloadable from the official NCAA site here.
  16. ^ This figure includes all games except for the NCAA tournament itself. Note that the NCAA women's tournament, unlike the men's tournament, conducts some of its sessions at the home courts of participating teams. Attendances for those games are counted as if they were regular home games. However, the NCAA does break out separate attendance figures for the NCAA tournament, making it possible to calculate the figures for non-tournament games.
  17. ^ College Hockey News: Men's Division I Hockey Sets New Attendance Record
  18. ^ a b http://www.mib.org/~lennier/hockey/leagueatt.cgi mib.org/~lennier/hockey/
  19. ^ "Germany set the record straight". FIFA. 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  20. ^ Bloom, Barry M., MLB.com (2009-03-24). "Ichiro lifts Japan to Classic glory". WorldBaseballClassic.com. Retrieved 2009-03-24. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Bevan, Chris (2009-05-30). "FA Cup final – Chelsea 2-1 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  22. ^ "Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham (aet) (Man Utd win 4-1 on penalties)". BBC Sport. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  23. ^ "Carnegie Challenge Cup Results 2008". The Rugby Football League. 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  24. ^ Murray, Shane (2007-09-16). "Kerry 3-13 Cork 1-09". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
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  42. ^ Despite its name, this is the national championship for the Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the lower of two subdivisions of NCAA Division I football. The NCAA does not organize a tournament for the higher-level Football Bowl Subdivision. The BCS National Championship is intended to be a de facto national championship game for FBS football.
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  48. ^ Alpha Wolves: Chicago reclaims Calder Cup
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  58. ^ Record Breaking Crowd at the Ray White EJ Whitten Legends Game
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  60. ^ The WNBA All-Star Game was not held in 2008 in order not to conflict with the 2008 Olympics.
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  63. ^ Top 35 Gates
  64. ^ BOXING: Sports of The Times; A Time to Remember the Alamo (Dome) - New York Times
  65. ^ Record crowds enjoy Hoylake Open, BBC Sport, 23 July 2006.
  66. ^ Betting Corner | Free Betting Picks
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  81. ^ Clipsal 500 moves to February - Motor Sports - Fox Sports
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  85. ^ Yohohama Dominates Inaugural Season of Formula Drift Series
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