In the group stage, the stands of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ were quite sparse. FIFA explained that the problem was not technical but due to the weather and the inconvenient match times for the fans. That is not wrong as the number of spectators in the round of 16 has increased. It must be admitted that the matches in the round of 16 took place in a more suitable time zone and the matches were also more attractive.
Financial success and appeal
The massive increase in attendances from the round of 16 has seen the tournament’s average attendance rise to 40,000 per match. FIFA President Gianni Infantino proudly declared: “No other tournament in the world has a higher average attendance than the FIFA Club World Cup™, apart from the Premier League.”
FIFA President said that the FIFA Club World Cup™ has attracted 2 to 3 billion viewers worldwide. These figures show FPT Play's precise sports content investment strategy, when it tries to negotiate to become the only unit to broadcast this tournament in Vietnam.
The FIFA Club World Cup™ attracts an average audience of 40,000 people per match (Photo: Reuters).
This is a huge number that not every tournament can achieve. Many former world football stars such as Alessandro Del Piero, Hristo Stoichkov, Ronaldo De Lima, or Roberto Baggio all praised FIFA and affirmed that the FIFA Club World Cup™ was a success, at least in the context of being held for the first time with the participation of 32 teams.
Another success of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ is in terms of revenue. President Infantino confirmed that the tournament has generated a revenue of 2 billion USD. If this is divided by the 63 matches of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, each match in the tournament is worth about 33 million USD. The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ becomes the most successful cup tournament in the world in terms of finance.
FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ a financial success (Photo: Reuters).
Many will be skeptical about the figures FIFA has announced, but the reality is that the most powerful football organization on the planet has spent up to 1 billion Euros on bonuses for teams. Up to this point, the only voices criticizing the tournament have come from outsiders. The participating clubs have not criticized the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™.
Chelsea - the winner of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ - pocketed nearly £90 million in one month. With that money, they could buy at least 2 quality players to upgrade their squad. Even the team eliminated in the round of 16 like Man City also pocketed tens of millions of dollars. This number is so impressive that teams cannot help but feel that their efforts are worth it.
Chelsea surprisingly won the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ (Photo: Reuters).
Impressive expertise
The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ has a class gap between European teams and the rest. Initially, experts predicted that there would be many matches with different scores. But in reality, the matches were quite dramatic, and the weaker teams were not easily defeated.
There were also quite a few surprises at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, true to the nature of football. Brazilian teams made a strong impression when they played well and dominated in the knockout round. Surprises also occurred when Man City and Inter Milan were eliminated from the tournament by weaker teams. Of which, Man City became the biggest shock when they lost 3-4 to Al Hilal in the round of 16 in an unbelievable way.
FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ is a successful tournament for President Infantino (Photo: Reuters).
But the most surprising thing was the cinematic ending of the tournament. PSG advanced all the way to the final, sweeping away strong opponents such as Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid... On the opposite side, Chelsea was lucky to fall into the weak bracket and did not really have an easy time reaching the final. This made fans mistakenly think that PSG would easily win the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™. However, the opposite happened when Chelsea unexpectedly defeated PSG 3-0 to be crowned champions.
The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ ended in a dramatic fashion. All of this has helped the tournament begin to take shape in the hearts of fans. In four years, the FIFA Club World Cup will return, by which time its status will have been greatly enhanced.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/fifa-club-world-cup-2025-vuot-mong-doi-20250716074913452.htm
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