FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: audience & attendance records for the competition

The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, held in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines from 25/08 to 10/09/2023, generated 4.6 billion video views (a fourfold increase on the 2019 edition) and 20 billion impressions (a threefold increase) on FIBA's social networks, according to the international body on 27/09/2023. The competition was "the most followed Basketball World Cup ever."

Among the figures communicated by FIBA:
• 4.5 million additional followers were registered on FIBA's social networks for the competition

• 16.2 million users visited the World Cup website and app (+93% compared to 2019)

• more than 190 territories broadcast the competition (+15% compared to 2019)

• 770,665 spectators attended the competition, with the Dominican Republic - Philippines game (87-81) drawing 38,115 people to the Philippine Arena on 25/08/2023, the highest attendance ever for a World Cup basketball game.

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