World Cup attendance figures leave fans baffled as Qatar announced higher crowd than stadium capacity in EVERY game
WORLD CUP officials have left fans confused as attendances have breached stadium capacity in every game.
It started with the opening game between Qatar and Ecuador as stadium announcers revealed the attendance was 67,372.
GettyQatar vs Ecuador was half empty by the end of the match[/caption]
PAEngland’s opener against Iran also had plenty of empty seats[/caption]
ReutersSenegal vs Netherlands was not full despite official attendance claims[/caption]
GettyWales’ draw with the US was not full[/caption]
Yet the Al Bayt Stadium has a capacity of just 60,000 and the ground was clearly not full, with floods of fans leaving at half-time.
Already confused World Cup supporters watching at home were baffled even further when the England vs Iran attendance was announced as 45,334 in a 40,000 capacity ground.
More questions began to be asked when it was claimed Senegal vs Netherlands had an attendance of 41,721 – again in a 40,000 seat stadium.
To make matters worse at the end of USA vs Wales, where empty seats were clearly visible on TV, an attendance of 43,418 was given.
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But the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium where the game was held has a capacity of 40,000.
Puzzled fans poked fun at the claims, with many pointing out the fact stadiums were not even full.
One fan wrote: “What? Every game has had empty seats, lol.”
Another added: “Even though the stadiums were half empty .”
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A third said: “This doesn’t seem right. all of the games have had big areas of empty seats during matches. I haven’t seen a stadium being even at 95% capacity.”
One cheekily joked: “Must be same guy who counts Manchester City crowds then.”
