EuroLeague sets attendance record in regular season / News - Basketnews.com

EuroLeague set a new attendance record in the regular season with an average of 8,748 spectators per game. The previous record had been 8,676 fans during the 2019-20 campaign.

Credit: Partizan Mozzart Bet/Dragana Stjepanovic Credit Partizan Mozzart Bet/Dragana Stjepanovic

The fans of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague voted with their feet. The 2022-23 regular season averaged the highest attendance of any on record, with an average of 8,748 spectators per game!

The previous record had been 8,676 fans during the 2019-20 campaign.

More than half of the teams played in front of crowds of at least 80 percent capacity this season, and four of them were at 90%. Zalgiris Kaunas and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv led the way in that category; those two teams had 96% of the seats filled for their home games this season.

EuroLeague attendanceCredit EuroLeague

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade led the league in overall attendance, with 17,763 spectators per game while playing in front of 88% capacity.

There is a strong correlation between attendance and team performance, too. Six of the eight playoff teams boasted fill rates above 80%, and five of the six teams that averaged more than 10,000 fans per game reached the playoffs.

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All told it was a banner year for the EuroLeague, with a total of 2,668,148 fans in attendance to watch all the action unfold.

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