Stats: A big crowd kicks off the African Cup of Nations in Morocco

From crowded stadiums to slowly filling stadiums, the first round matches showed that the unique culture that characterizes the African tournament is still exciting.

And put Morocco it set high standards from the start, as it drew the tournament’s largest attendance of 60,180 for its wrestling matches. Comoros In the opening game.

It also attracted matches Cameroon already Gabon The total number of fans exceeded 35,000 fans, compared to an average of 28,000 fans per game. Egypt and Zimbabwe“This reaffirmed the great appeal he had.”Pharaoh“.

More than 18,000 fans watched the Senegal-Botswana match, compared to around 16,000 players who attended the match. Algeria already Sudan.

Even drawing very few numbers in some matches, especially matches South Africa against Angola The attendance was only 4,000 fans, compared to the 10,000 fans who attended Mali’s game against Zambia, but the overall picture was very encouraging.

And it happens Africa Cup of Nations In Morocco between December 21 and January 18.