77.8% viewership against Al Hilalman City! Club World Cup is a hit! FIFA also welcomed the performance beyond expectations

Sep 13, 2025

77.8% viewership against Al Hilalman City! Club World Cup is a hit! FIFA also welcomed the performance beyond expectations
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According to a survey, the ratings of the round of 16 round of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 between Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) and Manchester City (England) reached 77.8%.

The Spanish daily Marca reported on the 12th (Korea time) 'The cumulative number of viewers for the last Club World Cup was 2.7 billion'. Among them, the maximum viewership of the Al Hilal-Man City match in Saudi Arabia was 77.8%. More than seven out of ten watched the game. 131 million people in Brazil, 28 million in Italy, and 24 million in Spain watched the Club World Cup on TV, respectively.

The Club World Cup in the United States was controversial even before it was held. European big clubs expressed great dissatisfaction with the tournament, which will take place right after the end of the season schedule. In particular, Real Madrid hinted at the possibility of not attending the Club World Cup and withdrew it. FIFA bet $1 billion in total prize money and $100 million in prize money to appease complaints.




The controversy continued even after the event. Delays and suspensions of the game, heat waves, and artificial turf issues were discussed due to the success and lightning warnings in the U.S., which were low enough to find empty seats without difficulty. Ulsan HD, which played in the Club World Cup, also experienced lightning delays, and the Dortmund team withdrew its candidate players to the locker room during the game due to the heat wave.

77.8% viewership against Al Hilalman City! Club World Cup is a hit! FIFA also welcomed the performance beyond expectations
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Despite this, the Club World Cup has been evaluated as quite successful. The poor performance began to revive from the round of 16, and Chelsea, the winner, earned more than $100 million in prize money and made a good profit. For teams from other continents other than European big clubs, there was considerable prize money and motivation to be the 'Club World Cup advancing team'. Al Hilal also heated up the atmosphere by producing an extraordinary event that beat Manchester City in the round of 16. After the tournament was over, teams such as FC Barcelona (Spain) and Liverpool (England) that could not participate in the Club World Cup succeeded in catching the attention of big clubs to the extent that they demanded FIFA expand their participating teams with 32 countries.

FIFA also seems to be encouraged by the success of the ambitious Club World Cup. FIFA Secretary-General Matthias Grafstrom said, `The atmosphere at the stadium was wonderful, and a total of 2.7 billion people watched the Club World Cup. better-than-expected performance."








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.