Japan game was re assessed to above 17k (somewhere in this thread)

Was revised up to 17,147.

Correct - 2 group games had less than 1000, 11 had less than 10,000, the others had a host nation involved with massive crowds (60,000 in Indonesia and Vietnam for example, 40,000+ for Thailand and Malaysia).

Only one quarterfinal was above 15,000, semi-finals only had 12,500 and 10,000 respectively.

We are halfway through the group stage and have had 195,000 people attend.

I think it will be interesting to compare the crowds from the lower drawing AC games (eg Kuwait vs Oman , Jordan vs Palestine) to the lower drawing cricket WC games (eg Zimbabwe vs UAE, Afghanistan VS sCOTLAND)

Edited by scotty21: 15/1/2015 10:17:06 AM

Iraq v Japan in Brisbane Category 1 exhausted now. could be 20K+
Can't wait, 2 big nights of football for me :d \:d/

This will be interesting. I am going to Australia v Bangladesh & Ireland v UAE at the Gabba. The Ireland v UAE game is on a Wednesday and could be comparable to say the Iraq v Jordan game at Suncorp for attendance. It may end up lower than 6K too which would be a good win for football.

spewing I didnt know this was on in bris, would have come a day early.

Cat 1 and 2 available again for the korea game. Why wouldn't you just sell all available seats in the first place?

The AFC would have held back an amount of tickets. I just bought two for friends up in the rafters. PAX - 50176. So she'll be chockers!

If you can stay later, monday is Iran V UAE. I think would be another cracking game.

Brisbane showing that it's the true sporting capital :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Phwoah! if only, unfortunately im in the sunshine state for <24 hours

jesus, there is two games either side of socceroos in brisbane that will probably go close to 20k+ what a weekend for brisbane football fans.

Edited by schultzy: 15/1/2015 04:57:15 PM

7,925 in Canberra

lol on tv it looks less than the two times they had ~5k

r.i.p to the poverty Suncorp pitch

I'll guess 28k

22,672

Canberra averaging about 8k with 2 games played in awful weather and all games at 6pm k/o or earlier. How do people think this fares in FFA eyes for a football club based in the city?

Also can't help but feel 22k @ Allianz would have absolutely kicked ass, 22k @ ANZ is still awful.

Edited by 4wanderer4: 15/1/2015 10:44:04 PM

anyone with a pax on the second semi final 27 january at newcastle stadium. i assume there will be additional services to allow people from sydney to head home after the game?

I would have thought it was sold out by now but have nothing to base my opinion on :lol:

Interesting a about extra transport home. I would hazard a guess not but haven't looked into it.

FFA would probably be thinking they will need a bloody good TV deal.

What, and have a semi final and final potentially involving Australia at Allianz? Crazy.

I was there, I'm not sure how it came across on TV but it did kick ass.

looked really good on tv. the sparse bowls behind the goals kills it for all but thats whats expected from the shitty view seats.

Thats how an HAL in Canberra would look every game

for some reason these small crowds in the asian cup look much better than what id expect to see for a 5k crowd. the sparsity looks nothing like what we have for fury or gcu games.

The crowds in Canberra have been respectable but not enough to justify a HA-L licence.



I dunno. There's a lot of Micks in Australia on working visas and such. The profile of cricket has been rising in Ireland in recent years. I mean it even gets a mention on the Second Captains podcast (well worth listening to).

Mind you cricket was mega-huge in Ireland 45 years ago when the Irish team skittled the West Indies touring team all out for 25. Just as with the GPO in 1916 there were 250,000 there that day in 1969. There was a TV camera there and film survives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKN4vVm7Ffs

The crowds are thinner on the broadcast side in every match, opposite of what you normally get at a league match..

Yep, I think everyone that had a designated seat behind the goals moved towards the centre anway.

Last night was one of the funnest football atmospheres I've witnessed - it was so much freaking fun. Maybe SFS or Melbourne Rectangular (Amy Parks @ Melbourne Rectangluar amirite) would have been better for that crowd - but by no means was ANZ a bad option for that crowd last night. The place went off, and although there were heaps of seats you could barely notice it if you just listened to the crowd.

was there last night and the noise was amazing, nearly outdone the socceroos v oman and yes was there for that one too