2006 FIFA World Cup™ in numbers

The 18 ^th FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup Trophy
- weight of the real FIFA World Cup Trophy = 4,970g
- height of the real solid gold trophy = 36 cm
Total 3,359,439 spectators at 64 games in the 12 stadiums -> 2 ^nd highest on-site audience after USA 1994 (higher due to bigger capacity)
An average 52,491 spectators watched each match in one of the 12 stadiums
Over 15 million applications for tickets on offer to the public
All 64 matches sold out
99.5% capacity of each stadium filled
Training camps:
- 70 rented training venues
- 1,500 training units held by the 32 teams
- 64,000 km travelled by the 32 teams between team base camp and venue
- 5 tons luggage for the 32 teams
480 doping tests before and during the event

Operations

Staffing
- 85,185 people worked on behalf of the LOC during the event, among those
- - 279 employed LOC staff at headquarters and venues
  - 280 temporary LOC staff
  - 16,440 security stewards in the 12 stadia (average of 1,370 per match)
  - additional 2,760 security stewards in team camps, headquarters, official hotels and training camps
  - 8,000 medical staff
  - 2,500 artists for opening and closing ceremony
  - 15,000 volunteers
  - 800 hostesses
  - 80 travel and event services employees
  - 400 CTS employees (OC ticketing provider)
Volunteers
- 15,000 in total
- 62% male 38% female
- 58% under 30, but also 500 retired people
- 80 - age of eldest volunteer
- 9% foreigners
- 45 different languages covered incl. Hindu, Korean and Japanese
Accreditation
- 240,000 registered accreditations
Security
- an average of 1,370 security stewards used per game
- between 500 - 2,500 ad hoc controls per game at stadium entrance

Stadia
- 96 ha new turf in the 12 FIFA World Cup stadia
- 14,000m2 artificial turf
- 20,000m2 of goal netting
- 24 extra pitch mowers
- 115 groundsmen

IT & Telecommunications
o 500 - 600 switches required for the FIFA World Cup network in the stadiums
o 1,000 km of cabling throughout the stadia
o 15,000 km of copper wiring required for the FIFA World Cup network
o 4,500 terminals connected to the convergent FIFA World Cup network (including c. 3,000 IP phones)
o c. 10,000 flat screens made available for reporters and in the media zones
o c. 30,000 communication points for the press box (including ISDN & internet)

Transportation
- 650 Hyundai cars plus 250 rental Hyundai cars
- 1,000 professional drivers and 1,000 volunteer drivers
- 3,600 bus days for teams, VIPs and Media shuttles
- 60% of spectators used public means of transportations
- 15 million people used the train during the tournament
Public Catering Concessions
- Over 20 million euros in total sales
- 1,056,000 litres beer sold in the 12 stadia
- 5,500,000 drinks in returnable cups sold in the 12 stadia

MediaConsumption

TV
- Broadcast to 214 countries
- on 376 channels
- 43,600 "dedicated" programmes broadcast
- Total coverage of 73,072 hours (+76.4% on 2002, +146% on 1998)
- Cumulative TV audience of 26.29 billion (24.2 billion in-home viewers, 2.1 billion out-of-home)
- Most-watched match: Italy v France final, total cumulative audience of 715.1 million viewers
- Each match received on average 858 hours of dedicated coverage and attracted a cumulative audience of 259.9 million viewers
Online
- FIFAworldcup.com most successful sports event website
- 4.2 billion page views from June 9-July 9 - more than double the traffic recorded during the 2002 event
- More than 125 million Video Streams -- 2006 marks the first year that video highlights of FIFA World Cup matches were free to air on the web
- Over 875,000 Fantasy Sign-Ups - record numbers signed up to play fantasy football
- More than 73 million Page Views on the Mobile Web Portal after FIFAworldcup.com went mobile for the first time
MediaOperations
- Record 18,850 media representatives accredited (incl. technicians)
- - 4,250 print/internet journalists and editors
  - 1,200 photographers
  - 13,400 TV commentators, camera teams, technicians

Alongside the FIFA World Cup

(Action Images)

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