NEW - IFFHS RANKING AFC COUNTRIES ON AVERAGE ATTENDANCES
Ranking Countries on Average Attendances in World Cup Qualifiers
· more than 8500 world cup qualifiers have been played until March 31, 2022
· average for each country based on attendances of matches they featured in
· 67 matches have no documented attendance yet and were not considered
· no distinction between home, neutral ground or away match classification
· countries are assigned to their current confederation, even if they switched before
· historical aggregations:
o North Yemen + South Yemen + Yemen Yemen
AFC | CCODE | Country | attendance (total) | matches | attendance (avg) |
1 | IRN | Iran | 5 484 128 | 145 | 37 822 |
2 | JPN | Japan | 4 357 728 | 138 | 31 578 |
3 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 2 704 535 | 102 | 26 515 |
4 | KSA | Saudi Arabia | 3 501 966 | 135 | 25 940 |
5 | KOR | South Korea | 3 738 382 | 150 | 24 923 |
6 | CHN | China | 2 922 985 | 122 | 23 959 |
7 | IDN | Indonesia | 1 805 275 | 76 | 23 754 |
8 | AUS | Australia | 3 812 038 | 161 | 23 677 |
9 | PRK | North Korea | 2 072 681 | 88 | 23 553 |
10 | CAM | Cambodia | 760 846 | 36 | 21 135 |
11 | THA | Thailand | 1 957 018 | 95 | 20 600 |
12 | KUW | Kuwait | 1 977 356 | 96 | 20 597 |
13 | BHR | Bahrain | 1 891 787 | 96 | 19 706 |
14 | MAS | Malaysia | 1 246 353 | 69 | 18 063 |
15 | SYR | Syria | 1 764 046 | 98 | 18 000 |
16 | OMA | Oman | 1 580 053 | 88 | 17 955 |
17 | UAE | United Arab Emirates | 2 032 272 | 116 | 17 520 |
18 | SIN | Singapore | 1 313 542 | 75 | 17 514 |
19 | IND | India | 827 579 | 50 | 16 552 |
20 | JOR | Jordan | 1 225 161 | 76 | 16 121 |
21 | IRQ | Iraq | 1 942 221 | 121 | 16 051 |
22 | HKG | Hong Kong | 1 278 694 | 80 | 15 984 |
23 | QAT | Qatar | 1 861 466 | 118 | 15 775 |
24 | YEM | Yemen | 845 158 | 57 | 14 827 |
25 | TJK | Tajikistan | 629 251 | 44 | 14 301 |
26 | NEP | Nepal | 541 883 | 38 | 14 260 |
27 | MDV | Maldives | 569 879 | 40 | 14 247 |
28 | TKM | Turkmenistan | 639 038 | 47 | 13 597 |
29 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 525 151 | 39 | 13 465 |
30 | VIE | Vietnam | 765 899 | 59 | 12 981 |
31 | BAN | Bangladesh | 710 055 | 57 | 12 457 |
32 | LBN | Lebanon | 919 893 | 76 | 12 104 |
33 | MAC | Macau | 417 450 | 35 | 11 927 |
34 | TPE | Chinese Taipei | 731 420 | 66 | 11 082 |
35 | AFG | Afghanistan | 231 085 | 22 | 10 504 |
36 | PAK | Pakistan | 307 532 | 32 | 9 610 |
37 | MYA | Myanmar | 185 990 | 21 | 8 857 |
38 | GUM | Guam | 176 022 | 20 | 8 801 |
39 | BRU | Brunei Darussalam | 122 042 | 15 | 8 136 |
40 | BHU | Bhutan | 95 745 | 12 | 7 979 |
41 | LAO | Laos | 211 529 | 27 | 7 834 |
42 | PHI | Philippines | 225 846 | 29 | 7 788 |
43 | MNG | Mongolia | 178 385 | 24 | 7 433 |
44 | PLE | Palestine | 256 478 | 37 | 6 932 |
45 | SRI | Sri Lanka | 263 541 | 39 | 6 757 |
46 | TLS | Timor-Leste | 94 632 | 16 | 5 915 |