FIFA Reveal Disapointment at Poor Under-20 World Cup Turnout
June 25, 2013
FIFA have revealed their disapointment as the Under-20 World Cup continues to average low attendances.
Turnout in Turkey is averaging only 4,828 spectators through 12 matches of the three-week tournament.
“Despite the Local Organizing Committee’s excellent event preparation, I am nevertheless very disappointed by the match attendance figures,” Jim Boyce, the chairman of the FIFA Organizing Committee for the U-20 World Cup, was quoted Monday by the Associated Press.
“This tournament is a wonderful chance for Turkey, but the low number of spectators currently detracts from this opportunity.”
Notably, only 300,000 of the 1.3 million available tickets were sold ahead of Friday’s kickoff.