Attendance figures for European competitions

June 26, 2008

After we have talked already about attendance of the different leagues, we take a closer look at the three main European competitions and their attendance figures.

We will start first with the Euroleague regular season, where three teams average more than 10,000 spectators per contest. And the winner is Maccabi Tel Aviv which averaged an 11,000-person sellout in the first seven games of Euroleague 2007/08.

1. Maccabi Tel Aviv 11,000.0 in attendance per game
2. Panathinaikos 10,357.1
3. Lietuvos Rytas 10,296.4
4. Real Madrid 8828.6
5. Unicaja Malaga 8692.9
6. TAU Ceramica 8300.0
7. Brose Baskets Bamberg 6957.1
8. Olympiacos 6071.4
9. CSKA Moscow 5642.9
10. Partizan Belgrade 5444.4
11. Union Olimpija 5214.3
12. Zalgiris Kaunas 4953.0
13. Efes Pilsen Istanbul 4928.6
14. Montepaschi Siena 4892.7
15. Axa FC Barcelona 4645.0
16. Aris TT Bank 4428.6
17. Lottomatica Roma 4215.1
18. Le Mans 4042.9
19. Virtus VidiVici Bologna 3915.1
20. Fenerbahce Ülker 3785.7
21. Chorale Roanne 3414.3
22. Cibona Zagreb 3342.9
23. Prokom Trefl Sopot 2914.3
24. Armani Jeans Milano 2364.3

This comes out to an average of 5777.0 spectators per game: A bit surprisingly, this number is lower than that of the ACB. In games played amongst purely the top 16, the total average of the competition moves up to 7300.3. Here, OAKA of Panathinaikos averaged the most spectators.

1. Panathinaikos 13,833.3
2. Maccabi Tel Aviv 10,833.3
3. Lietuvos Rytas 10,625.0
4. Real Madrid 10,133.3
5. Unicaja Malaga 9866.7
6. TAU Ceramica 7666.7
7. Fenerbahce Ülker 7500.0
8. Olympiacos 7000.0
9. Partizan Belgrade 6698.0
10. Montepaschi Siena 5372.0
11. Axa FC Barcelona 5347.0
12. Zalgiris Kaunas 5000.0
13. Lottomatica Roma 4928.7
14. CSKA Moscow 4666.7
15. Efes Pilsen Istanbul 4166.7
16. Aris TT Bank 3166.7

So much for the Euroleague, but who are the ULEB Cup’s biggest crowds? In calculating, we considered averages for the group phase, in which every team had give home games. And the top team here may be a huge surprise, as it comes from the Czech Republic: CEZ Nymburk.

1. CEZ Nymburk 6481.0
2. ALBA Berlin 5479.0
3. Pamesa Valencia 5280.0
4. ASK Riga 4966.0
5. ASVEL Villeurbanne 4699.0
6. Siauliai 4640.0
7. SLUC Nancy 4260.0
8. KK Bosna Sarajevo 4200.0
9. Elan Béarnais Pau-Orthez 4040.0
10. Spirou Charleroi 3900.0

Including at 54 teams in the ULEB Cup, we come to an average of 2635.1 spectators per game in the group phase.

Finally, we have the third competition, the FIBA Euro Cup. Here, averages reported are only for the Group phase, in which each team had three home games. And the leader in terms of attendance comes from Russia.

1. Ural Great Perm 4866.7
2. Cholet Basket 3440.3
3. Dexia Mons-Hainaut 3000.0
4. Lappeenranta 2541.7
5. Tartu Rock 2233.3

The average attendance of the group phase in this competition is 1849.9.

N.B.: All numbers come from the excellent attendance tables at Bulgarianbasketball.com. Neither the Euroleague nor FIBA were able to deliver us official figures after several requests.

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This post was published on June 26, 2008