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How embarrassing is it to see a stadium so empty for a ICC World Cup final?

Absolutely Pathetic. Pakistan and Indian fans should have come just for the sake of cricket
 
Watching this match is not mandatory, it seems some people just want to whinge.
 
India and Pakistan fanbases are extremely large across all countries.

Australia and New Zealand have limited fanbases. Not their fault in any way.

I doubt this final is getting much online viewership either.
 
Only Pakistan and India play as nation while other teams play just as a team. For these 2 countries the fanbase is the 12th man.
 
Because no one wants to see a Australia - NZ final. In fact, does anyone want to see Australia in the final in any WC?
 
Isn’t that expected? If we don’t have an asian team in the final then stadiums will not be full unless one of the finalists is a host country.
 
Plus It's like midnight in Australia and 3 AM in New Zealand.

Of course, it doesn't matter to the India-centric events management company that is the BCCICC.
 
I’m surprised, I was expecting less considering the teams, it’s about 60-70% full atm, good atmosphere.
 
There are not too many fans of Aus and NZ in UAE.
 
Space Cat said:
Embarressing for who exactly?
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Embarassing for the the game tbh.

I know there isn't a comparison between football and cricket but can you imagine a premier football event with this level of attendance?

These are two top class teams in arguably the most exciting format of the game and nobody cares enough to attend.
 
A poor show indeed.

Looks like more freeloaders than actual fans there also.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Embarassing for the the game tbh.

I know there isn't a comparison between football and cricket but can you imagine a premier football event with this level of attendance?

These are two top class teams in arguably the most exciting format of the game and nobody cares enough to attend.
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Again, are you going to pay for their tickets? This is an international match, not league. People only follow their home country. UAE is majority Indian and Pakistani, none of whom care about Aus or NZ. World Cup doesn't change anything.
 
Not particularly embarrassing. And the attendance is certainly over 30%. Also we have to factor in this is being played in UAE where I am not sure how many kiwi's and aussie's live who actually have an interest in cricket.

You will of course have seen full houses had this been in New Zealand or Australia.

It's been a great World Cup and this is already turning out to be a good final so far. And that is what eventually matters.
 
UzmanBeast said:
India and Pakistan fanbases are extremely large across all countries.

Australia and New Zealand have limited fanbases. Not their fault in any way.

I doubt this final is getting much online viewership either.
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Hasan Ali cost millions to ICC also
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Embarassing for the the game tbh.

I know there isn't a comparison between football and cricket but can you imagine a premier football event with this level of attendance?

These are two top class teams in arguably the most exciting format of the game and nobody cares enough to attend.
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Im sure there are plenty who would love to attend. Unfortunately international travel is nearly impossible from NZ right now. You would be waiting til 2023 to get a quarantine spot on return.
 
I think the ICC was banking on one of India or Pakistan being in the final.

A huge disappointment and anti-climax for ICC to see neither playing today.
 
Nothing embarrassing about it, due to pandemic its being played in UAE, not in any test playing nation . Had it been in India, Pakistan , NZL, Australia , or England there would have been full house.
 
People will hate me for saying this but spectacle that IPL final created on 15th Oct has overshadowed this final by a big margin.
 
Can you imagine any game between top football teams anywhere in the world being played without fully being packed?

Leave alone top CL games or world cup games. Even neutral fans goes to watch the games. Most often the fans travels thousands of kilometers to watch their team.

There is not same kind of fan culture for cricket. Only in India and to some extent England and Australia can fill cricket stadiums.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Again, are you going to pay for their tickets? This is an international match, not league. People only follow their home country. UAE is majority Indian and Pakistani, none of whom care about Aus or NZ. World Cup doesn't change anything.
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I think you are missing the point.

People only following their home country in a Premier event is not a good sign for the long term sustainability of the game.
 
Space Cat said:
Im sure there are plenty who would love to attend. Unfortunately international travel is nearly impossible from NZ right now. You would be waiting til 2023 to get a quarantine spot on return.
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Maybe....but the fact that there is another one of these cups less than a year a way doesnt help.

The point isn't to have a go at kiwi or aussie fans, its more about the long term sustainability of a format that the ICC are milking to death.
 
Not the ideal situation with no disrespect an Aus v Nz SF in this region won't attract masses
 
Tbh the whole tournament was quite dull. Most matches were one sided, games were usually decided by toss, any giving not involving a South Asian side had very few spectators and just the all round quality of cricket from usually decent sides was terrible.

Hope next years tournament will be more entertaining
 
I am not surprised to see an empty stadium.

Cricket is not the #1 sport in Australia or New Zealand.
 
Over 50% of tickets were held by Indians fans and they chose not to come, the ICC needs to look into this
 
I’ve said there should be a fairer ticket buying scheme for ICC tournaments, too many Indians seem to buy up all the tickets
 
I had 2 tickets for the finals but didn’t go to the stadium which is like 10 mins drive from my place. I am too heart broken from Thursdays defeat and couldn’t see my self in the stadium watching a game between two teams I have no affiliation with what so ever. Shame that we cdnt make it to finals, the atmosphere in the stadium on Thursday was something else and it wd hv been even better had we made it to the finals.
 
It's not particularly embarassing because it was in the UAE. If this match was in India or Pak it would see sold out attendance even though neither India or Pak are in the finals. 1996 SL v AUS final comes to mind; I doubt there were many SriLankans and Australians in the crowd that day, but the stadium was PACKED. It matters to have the tournament in a country that actually plays the sport. I understand that sometimes a neutral venue like UAE gets selected due to unforeseen circumstances (such as COVID) so it's not a big deal - but I think this is an outlier mainly due to the tournament being played in a country that doesn't play the sport.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
What's stopping Aus or NZ fans from buying the tickets? Oh wait, they don't care.
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Indians fans hogged up all the tickets before the world cup even started, they even have connections within the ICC. Indian sponsors, organizers and officials sell the tickets to indians within seconds of availability, it's a huge monoply
 
The same would have happened everywhere for a neutral non-home team final except India, England and Australia because Indians are crazy about any form of cricket and you saw a packed Eden Gardens for the 2016 final between Eng and WI, English and Australians have a higher disposable income and therefore wouldn't mind spending to watch neutral games unlike Desis in their respective countries.
 
I saw some interviews of Indian fans using their tickets for this final. So it's easy to blame india for everything. They are passionate for the game
 
It looked pretty full by the time the match got going. It was probably 70% capacity if not more.
 
mastimasti said:
It looked pretty full by the time the match got going. It was probably 70% capacity if not more.
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It was no way near 70%, wheb capacity is low the camera men will focus on where there are people. It was below 50% full, and they most likely let people in for free because rhe demand was zero.
 
The game is played in a country where the NATIVES do not follow cricket. A strong expat community consisting of Asians is the biggest driver. The number of NZ and Australians living in UAE is extremely minuscule.

If the games were held in the SC, UK, Australia or NZ, the game would have sold out faster than you could spell Australia
 
It's not ICC's fault. These pitches were perfect for Asian teams to perform. All they need to have extra spinners but they tried to copy SENA teams and use more fast bowlers not knowing Asian fast bowlers are not same level as SENA teams'. Both India and Pakistan paid the price to over-relying on over-hyped fast bowlers.
 
Sir-fraz said:
It was no way near 70%, wheb capacity is low the camera men will focus on where there are people. It was below 50% full, and they most likely let people in for free because rhe demand was zero.
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How do you know? Were you there?

On camera it looked like a good turnout for a neutral match in a non-cricketing country where most crowds are gained for Pakistan and Indian matches.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
I think you are missing the point.

People only following their home country in a Premier event is not a good sign for the long term sustainability of the game.
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If it's not sustainable then maybe it should try to rethink its approach? Cricket is entertainment, it's all demand and supply. If there's no demand, can't force supply and not incur loss.
 
I can't imagine too many major sports where it's a World Cup final and the stadium is about half full.
 
Saj said:
I can't imagine too many major sports where it's a World Cup final and the stadium is about half full.
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Cricket is played by 10 countries in max and is semi dead in half of them. Dubai is also a neutral venue so not sure what the big deal is. Nobody comes to watch test matches in West Indian countries even with WI is the host, that's a bigger issue.
 
street cricketer said:
The same would have happened everywhere for a neutral non-home team final except India, England and Australia because Indians are crazy about any form of cricket and you saw a packed Eden Gardens for the 2016 final between Eng and WI, English and Australians have a higher disposable income and therefore wouldn't mind spending to watch neutral games unlike Desis in their respective countries.
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I think you would see a full stadium in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka too (for final) even if the teams are neutrals.
 
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