Top 5 FIFA World Cups with the highest average stadium attendances
Since the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, Uruguay, the average stadium attendances, the number of teams, the number of sponsors, goals scored have all increased as the tournament gets older and wider.
Post the Final Group Draw on Friday, that determined the group breakdown for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, ticket sales for the world's largest spectacle will be back on sale on 5 December at 12:00 (Moscow time).
With eleven venues across Russia hosting all the games during the one-month extravaganza, fans and audiences might break the record this World Cup with the highest average stadium attendances.
Here we take a look at five of the previous top World Cup tournaments with the highest average stadium attendances.
#5 South Africa 2010 - 49,669
In what was the 19th edition of the FIFA World Cup and the first in the African continent, South Africa won the bid to host the tournament. The fourth major world cup tournament in which 32 teams competed for the biggest prize in international football.
10 venues were allocated in nine cities, with the final taking place in Johannesburg that saw Spain beat the Netherlands by a solitary goal in extra time from Andreas Iniesta. The 2010 tournament won over fans from across the world with the culture and heritage of the host country shining hand in hand with the biggest event in world football.
Spain won the World Cup for their first time as the Dutch still remain the most exciting nation to have never won the trophy. All in all, the World Cup was a huge success, with the average stadium attendance hitting 49.669 across the ten venues during the course of the whole competition.
The 2010 South African World Cup is number five in the list of tournaments that recorded the highest average stadium attendances.