Club World Cup in the USA
Spectator debacle in the BVB group
18.06.2025 – 9:46 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After the 0-0 of the BVB against Fluminensee, another game in Group F was in. However, there was not particularly interested in the ranks.
FIFA was already certain on Tuesday: the club World Cup is a viewer success. On the first three match days, more than 340,000 fans had finally followed the games in the stadiums of the United States. But in relation to the available tickets, many observers evaluate the number differently. For this purpose, individual games have gripped the total number strongly.
The club World Cup in the F. Club World Cup was reached by the BVB opponents Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) and Ulsan HD FC (South Korea) at the Inter & Co Stadium in Orlando (Florida). However, many of the 25,5,000 places in the arena remained free. Only 3,412 fans followed the game live on site, a utilization of only 13.4 percent. A small role could also have played that the game had to be pushed back by an hour due to a storm.
Nevertheless, it is a disappointing result for FIFA who spoke of a “new era for club football” before the tournament in the person of President Gianni Infantino. The performance of the Mamelodi Sundowns didn’t hurt. The South Africans defeated the opponent from South Korea with 1-0, played out more and better chances and rewarded themselves by striker Iqraam Rayners in the 36th minute with the goal of the day. By the way, the next opponent of the Mamelodi Sundowns is Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (6 p.m. German time).
Incidentally, the game of the BVB itself was also rather sparsely visited a few hours earlier. Around 34,700 people visited the game against Fluminense Rio de Janeiro in the Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which offers more than 82,000 places.
Those who were on site did not get their money’s worth either. Because the game was not very spectacular, ended with a 0-0 draw.