Soccer stronger than hockey in Canada
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BigBadBruins7708
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apples and oranges
you can not compare a once every 4 years worldwide event to a national league's annual championship tournament.
I'd call it a heck of a win for hockey that it was only 1.2 mill behind the World Cup
filip85
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Why suprising ?
No canadian team(s) in SC finals + many non-canadians on rosters of Wsh and Vegas.
Not surprising for me, but it doesn't mean soccer is stronger than hockey in Canada. I always watch the World Cup and the Euros, that's basically the only soccer games I watched. I'm far from the only one either, it was always like that at work. I don't need the big tournaments to watch hockey, it's always on. For the majority of immigrants, they barely care if at all about hockey, their sport is soccer. Specially for all those entering the country in the last 10 years or so.
Coinneach
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Another indicator in 2018:
World Cup Final: 3.9M viewers in the morning
Stanley Cup 1st Round Game 7 Toronto/Boston: 4.1M viewers in primetime
World Cup Final: 3.9M viewers in the morning
Stanley Cup 1st Round Game 7 Toronto/Boston: 4.1M viewers in primetime
DK46
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15 million in 2014 and 16 million in 2010 - give or take....article has more details if you wish to read.
More than 15 million Canadians watched gold medal hockey win over Sweden
Hockeyholic
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This. If the World Cup was an annual event from April to June ( Same as NHL) they'd get destroyed.
Peiskos
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I don't ever follow soccer, not even the MLS and the TFC. But I still tune in to watch the world cup every 4 years...why? because its a spectacle. It comes around every 4 years and its the "in" thing to watch in the summer time. I'm confident the overwhelming majority of those viewers are just like me. The next full soccer game I will watch will more than likely be in 2022 and I'm not even joking.
Soccer is minuscule compared to Hockey in Canada. If you want to find accurate numbers go find the TV viewership numbers for regular season games in the MLS, not a major global tournament that rolls around every 4 years.
Soccer is minuscule compared to Hockey in Canada. If you want to find accurate numbers go find the TV viewership numbers for regular season games in the MLS, not a major global tournament that rolls around every 4 years.
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cheswick
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Sorry to break this to you, but there were no Canadian teams in the World Cup Final either.
cheswick
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Not sure that this is really an indicator of anything except that you have a lot of sports fans that probably watched because of it being a big event and also because it was early in the morning before any major events took place here in North America. I'm not sure I'm taking the OP's tone correctly, but if he's alarmed by that, he really shouldn't be. NHL viewership is healthy in Canada IMO, and now that Tavares has signed in Toronto, if the Leafs get out of the gate as a strong team as many expect will be the case, ratings AND $$$ for Rogers should go through the roof this winter for HNIC.
Yeah, soccer is not minuscule at all in Canada. And it's a lot easier for parents to get their kiddos in a soccer league then hockey with all the costs coming with it.
not yet. but hockey better find out a way to get costs down and start marketing better to minorities...
You must mean altogether during the whole tournament there were 25m viewers. That makes on the average 400k viewers/match. Can not deny that could be the case.
Of course, some matches were the ones that really got viewers such as the England-games and others were not interesting to anyone.
A lot of people watch soccer when the world cup or the euros are on but never any other time such as clubs palying each other.
Of course, some matches were the ones that really got viewers such as the England-games and others were not interesting to anyone.
A lot of people watch soccer when the world cup or the euros are on but never any other time such as clubs palying each other.
cheswick
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Just wait until 2022. Soccer is here to stay and hockey is going to pay the price. A lot more of my friends follow soccer compared to hockey,
LeHab
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TSN article https://www.tsn.ca/25-8-million-can...tv-tsn-and-rds-a-resounding-success-1.1141417
Compared to 2014, there is a drop (all games free on CBC + better time zones?)
Canadians watch CBC FIFA World Cup in record numbers | CBC Sports
Final was also more popular in Brazil:
Compared to 2014, there is a drop (all games free on CBC + better time zones?)
Canadians watch CBC FIFA World Cup in record numbers | CBC Sports
Final was also more popular in Brazil:
I'm really shocked it was this high. Only two Canadian teams made the playoffs and Toronto only lasted one round. You're not going to get big ratings without the home-town audiences, although the Ovechkin and Las Vegas stories probably provided a bit of a novelty. The World Cup is a different beast as it's a global spectacle and most Canadians probably have some rooting interest based upon their heritage and the ones that don't will probably tune in just based upon the stars and magnitude of the event, like the Olympics.
Stuzchuk
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Exactly, you have to compare the FIFA to the Winter Olympics GMG... well when the NHL allows the players to go obviously
Are you using this as evidence of Soccer being stronger than Hockey in Canada? Most of Canada doesn't like the Leafs. I'm frankly shocked that Toronto had more viewers than the World Cup Final. Especially when you consider that the World Cup Final was on CTV and TSN, which means anyone with an antennae could watch the game.
Hockey is the more popular viewership sport. It has stable numbers year round. Soccer only has the numbers during the major events.
Yes, Soccer is more played than Hockey, but that doesn't equate to viewership. Soccer costs nothing in comparison so it's obviously going to be played more. Hell, everyone I knew growing up played soccer in the summers because it was fun and cost nothing.
BigBadBruins7708
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on that note.
World Cup Final did 3.9M in Canada
The 2014 Gold Medal Game averaged 8.5M viewers and had 15M total unique viewers
Stuzchuk
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Gil Gunderson
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One is a spectacle that happens once every four years. I’m sure millions of viewers aren’t even big fans of the sport.
I do think soccer will inevitably pass it though.
I do think soccer will inevitably pass it though.
