Study anticipation for football

For the very first time it was asked how the image of FIFA and competitors had altered through the award to Qatar. 91.6 percent of the fans stated that their picture of the World Cup had actually altered rather negatively or very adversely, at 94.9 percent this held true with regard to FIFA.

This was the result of the 3rd part of a research study series on the World Cup in Qatar (November 20 to December 18), which has performed the Voting app Fans given that the beginning of the year and has actually hence examined the development of the fan viewpoints.

According to this, 84.9 percent of those surveyed specified that it was little or no desire to feel the controversial finals, in February 2022 the proportion was still 82.4 percent.

The image of the organizer Qatar has actually developed negatively for 74.5 percent of those surveyed; most of the circumstances in the country do not think in a sustainable improvement in circumstances. 90.5 percent believe that attention will not improve the human rights situation in the desert state.

At the German football fans, the anticipation sinks to the World Cup, now a large part does not even wish to look at the competition.

As part of the study, Fans interviewed more than 5,700 football fans. To name a few things, Prof. Dr. Harald Large from the Institute for s Sciences at the University of Würzburg and Prof. Dr. Axel Fair from the Institute for Economics at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences.

At that time, 43.8 percent likewise specified that they did not want to take a look at a game until quickly prior to the tournament started, the proportion rose to 54.4 percent.