Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, spoke at the meeting.
Image source: Chinese Football Association.
Chinanews.com client, January 21. At the recent 2020 League semifinal work summary and commendation meeting held by the Chinese Football Association, the Chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan revealed that the cumulative national viewership of the 2020 Super League has exceeded 2 billion, which is an increase from the 2019 season. 31%; Women's Super League reached 10.21 million, an increase of 379% over the 2019 season.
According to Chen Xuyuan, in the 2020 season, under the requirements of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the Chinese Football Association has hosted a total of 10 men’s and women’s football matches in 19 competition areas in 12 cities (counties) across the country. The total number of matches has reached 769 games.
The total number of participating teams in all events reached 159, and the total number of team personnel reached 6,300.
In addition, a total of 548 referees and referee supervisors, as well as 100 match supervisors, have been dispatched to various events.
The Football Association has assigned 108 staff members to the Dalian and Suzhou divisions of the Chinese Super League. On average, they have worked in the competition areas for 108 days. Individual blue zone personnel have worked in a closed environment for about 130 days.
Part of the staff gave up rest and devoted themselves to the work of multiple events.
Government agencies and related units in 19 competition areas have arranged a total of nearly 7,400 relatively fixed staff to cooperate in organizing the competition.
During the entire league period, a total of 72,720 nucleic acid tests were performed. The epidemic prevention team and logistics team of the competition area jointly assisted the team and staff to complete a large number of personnel conversion, express delivery, and management tasks.
With the gradual improvement of the epidemic situation across the country, we have actively studied and promoted the orderly opening of the program for fans in some events. A total of 188 games at all levels of events are open to fans, and the cumulative number of fans has reached nearly 573,000.
In terms of TV broadcasting, a total of 89 TV and online media platforms have broadcasted various events, and the total number of live games of the game reached 646, including the Chinese Super League, the Chinese Football Association, the Football Association Cup, the Women's Super League, the Women's League and the Chinese Championship. The 7 events included, all matches were broadcast live.
Among them, the cumulative national viewership of the Chinese Super League has exceeded 2 billion, an increase of 31% over the 2019 season, and the Women's Super League reached 10.21 million, an increase of 379% over the 2019 season.
Chen Xuyuan said that behind the numbers are the unremitting efforts and hard work of all sectors of society and all members of the association for the league semi-finals.
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