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2019-2020 Attendance Project

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Leagues around the world have now been interrupted in these uncertain times.  Over the course of the season, we have been doing our best to compile attendance statistics from Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and Turkey for comparison purposes.  With games being played without spectators and ultimately postponed, these figures are not quite complete.  Australia and the Czech Republic did finish their regular seasons, so their data can be used for accurate evaluation.  All figures used are as reported by the league with no further verification.

Australia:

We have complete data for every team except for Southside, which averaged 958 spectators in the 9 out of 11 games that provided figures.  Adelaide, Bendigo, and Melbourne also hosted 11 games and the other four teams hosted 10 games.

Team Attendance
Melbourne 1773
Townsville 1644
Canberra 1392
Adelaide 1014
Perth 886
Bendigo 470
Sydney 412

Melbourne ended up as the league leaders in attendance despite a slow start at the gate.  Townsville finished behind them, impressively drawing their two biggest crowds at the end of the season despite being completely out of the playoff picture and working to avoid last place instead.  Adelaide had a promising season at the gate after changing team ownership and Southside’s numbers that were available looked solid.  Perth will be the team to watch in the future as their ownership situation will need to be resolved.

As might be expected, crowds increased for the playoffs.  Adelaide drew 1806 fans in the game where they were eliminated.  Melbourne drew 3,116 fans in their lone home game.  Southside brought in 1,269 in the first game of the semifinals and then opened the finals in front of 1,956.  Canberra had 2,492 and 2,201 in their two semifinals games before winning the title in front of 4,481 fans.

Czech Republic:

Strakonice was omitted because there were only attendance figures for two of their games, 65 and 78 for their final two home games.  Each team hosted 9 games and there is data for all of the games of KP Brno, USK Prague, Ostrava, and Slovanka with one game missing for the other teams.

Team Attendance
Chomutov 515
KP Brno 355
Lokomotiva Trutnov 214
Hradec Kralove 189
Brno 119
USK Prague 100
Slavia Prague 99
Ostrava 80
Slovanka 78

The attendance story here is certainly Chomutov, the newcomers to the division.  Their opening game attendance was the only game to reach four figures and attendance settled in at around 500 until a dip at the end of the season.  That opening attendance was larger than the cumulative attendance of USK Prague for all nine games, which highlights the difference in business model in play in most of Europe as the league powerhouse boasts two WNBA players, a number of high level players from other European countries, and some of the top Czech players while averaging 100 fans in league play, even though they do bring in hundreds more fans for EuroLeague play.

Russian League 2nd Stage Round 6 March 14th-15th

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Upper Group:

The last round of this stage started on Saturday and the game was a close one with Natalia Anoikina and Dynamo Kursk edging Spartak Moscow 75-71.  The other game was played on Sunday and Emma Messeeman helped Ekaterinburg finish perfect with a 102-68 win over Enisey.

March 14, 2020

Dynamo Kursk vs. Spartak Moscow 75-71 DYK Anoikina 20 Bonner 14/9r Prince 12/7a Breland 4 McCoughtry 4 Baric 3 SPM Levchenko 17 Kea 15 Repnikova 10 Bertsch 6

March 15, 2020

Ekaterinburg vs. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 102-68 EKA Meesseman 21/8r Torrens 18/7r/7a Griner 15 Belyakova 15 Vandersloot 10/7a Musina 6 ENI McCray 13/6r Kolosovskaya 10 Koizar 4

Standings:

  1. Ekaterinburg 20-0
  2. Dynamo Kursk 17-3
  3. Nadezhda Orenburg 11-9
  4. Spartak Moscow 9-11
  5. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 9-11

Lower Group:

Both of the final games in this group were on Sunday.  Jamie Scott had an impressive game for Dynamo Novosibirsk, but Elizaveta Komarova and Anastasia Logunova helped MBA stay above them in the standings with an 89-68 win.  Dynamo Moscow looked like they were about to finally record their first win, but Spartak Noginsk had a stronger second half to prevail 62-60.

March 15, 2020

MBA Moscow vs. Dynamo Novosibirsk 89-68 MBA Komarova 24 Logunova 20/6r Glonti 15 DYN Scott 27/8r Hamblin 14/8r

Dynamo Moscow vs. Spartak Noginsk 60-62 DYM Chistyakova 13/12r Tohtash 10 SPN Dorosheva 15 Karpunina 14 Sumets 12/7r

Standings:

  1. MBA Moscow 12-10
  2. Dynamo Novosibirsk 10-12
  3. Spartak Noginsk 6-16
  4. Dynamo Moscow 0-22

Turkish League Round 21 March 11th-14th

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The game that was postponed by earthquake in Round 16 was played on Wednesday with Avery Warley leading Cankaya University past Elazig 67-54.  That ended up being the last game with fans as this round was played on Saturday.  Bria Hartley and Galatasaray were able to surprise Alina Iagupova and their fierce rivals Fenerbahce 80-77.  Hatay was able to debut their new look roster in a 76-69 win over Riquna Williams and Elazig.  Katsiaryna Snytsina was brilliant for Besiktas and got some help from Yvonne Anderson to offset a similarly great game from Danielle Adams and a triple-double from Alexis Prince to edge Adana 97-93.  Brittney Sykes and Alex Bentley led Cukurova past Kaela Davis and Kayseri 94-70.  Tan White and Cankaya University won 86-60 as it looks like it was too late for Botas to add a player to make a difference.  Samsun is still winless after losing to Izmit 83-54.

March 11, 2020

Elazig vs. Cankaya Universitesi 54-67 ELA Vaughn 15/9r Newlin 13/14r Erat 12/10r CAU Warley 21/12r White 17 Turner 14 Putnina 12 Zellous 2/6r

March 14, 2020

Galatasaray vs. Fenerbahce 80-77 GAL Hartley 29 Macaulay 16 Senyurek 12/8r Stankovic 11/9r FEN Iagupova 26 Williams 17/11r Zandalasini 11 Stokes 9/9r Cakir 4 Canitez 3/6r Gray 2/6a

Elazig vs. Hatay 69-76 ELA Williams 23 Vaughn 18 Newlin 10/14r Young 4 HAT Ben Abdelkader 16 Zahui B 12/10r Yavas 12/6a Billings 10 Coates 9/6r

Besiktas vs. Adana 97-93 BES Snytsina 38/9a Anderson 24/8r Caglar 19 ADA Adams 35/15r Prince 22/10r/10a Dikaioulaku 17 Topuz 11 Ozelci 8

Kayseri vs. Cukurova 70-94 KAY Davis 21 Burke 18/9r CUK Sykes 30/7a Bentley 20 Guner 14/8r Fitik 12 Sanders 9/8r/6s

Cankaya Universitesi vs. Botas 86-60 CAU White 27 Zellous 17/10r Warley 16/14r Turner 9/7a Putnina 2 BOT Pelin 14 Abdi 12 Hollingsworth 11 Eldebrink 10 Gardner 4 Bas 3

Izmit vs. Samsun 83-54 IZM Sigirci 14/12r Grigalauskyte 14/7r Takmaz 14 Kavumacioglu 11/9r Anigwe 6 Williams 0 SAM Madden 19/12r Keskin 16/6a

Standings:

  1. Fenerbahce 18-2
  2. Galatasaray 16-3
  3. Cankaya Universitesi 13-6
  4. Orman 13-6
  5. Izmit 11-9
  6. Besiktas 9-10
  7. Cukurova 8-12
  8. Kayseri 9-10
  9. Adana 8-11
  10. Elazig 8-11
  11. Hatay 8-11
  12. Botas 5-15
  13. Samsun 0-20

EuroCup Quarterfinals Game 1 March 10th-12th

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Two games ended were already not going to be played, but one series did start on Tuesday with limited fans.  Landes had a fantastic start in Charleville-Mezieres, but Carolo fought back and caused the game to end in a 74-all tie.  Avenida did not travel for their game at Dynamo Kursk.  FIBA already postponed Girona’s game against Reyer Venezia.  Thursday’s game between Braine and Valencia had been scheduled with limits on fans, but was ultimately called off when FIBA stopped competitions on both the women’s and men’s sides.

March 10, 2020

Carolo vs. Landes 74-74 CARO Chevaugeon 14 Diawara 12/8r Akhator 12/7r Mestdagh 12/6r Sottana 10 Kelley 6 Miyem 6 LAND Hejdova 16 Paget 14 Ayim 12/7r/6a Toure 11 Dumerc 5 Smith 4/6r

EuroLeague Quarterfinals Game 1 March 11th

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March 11, 2020

Only two of Wednesday’s scheduled games were played.  Avenida declined to travel to Ekaterinburg.  USK Praha and Schio were prepared to play, but the Czech government stepped in and halted it.  Elizabeth Williams was dominant for Fenerbahce as they beat Ana Dabovic and Bourges 84-75.  A late rally from Marine Johannes was not enough for upstarts Lyon as Nadezhda left with an 80-78 win.  The next games are planned for Wednesday pending any changes due to coronavirus.

Fenerbahce vs. Bourges 84-75 FENE Williams 30/14r Iagupova 18/8a Zandalasini 12 Gray 7 Stokes 5/8r Cakir 4 Canitez 2 BOUR Dabovic 20 Eldebrink 13 Coleman 12/10r Rupert 10

Lyon vs. Nadezhda 78-80 LYON Johannes 24 Clark 18/8r Tanqueray 12 Allemand 10 Plouffe 4 Berezhynska 0 NAD Raincock-Ekunwe 19/11r Shilova 19 Namok 11 Wheeler 10/6r/7a

Czech League 2nd Stage Round 5 March 11th

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March 11, 2020

Group A:

Only one game in this group was played on Wednesday after Slavia Praha decided not to play Brno due to coronavirus concerns.  Hradec Kralove did beat KP Brno 88-65.

KP Brno vs. Hradec Kralove 65-88 KPB Van Grinsven 15/8r Andelova 12 Hadacova 10 Green 6/6r Potter 5 HKR Minarovicova 15/6r Effangova 14 Klaudova 13/9r Vojtikova 11/7r Mareckova 11/6r

Group B:

Two games from earlier rounds were played on Wednesday as this group had a fewer game than the other one.  Sherise Williams and Slovanka beat Strakonice 99-54 in the last game from Round 3.  Nevena Markovic and Ostrava beat Trutnov in the Round 4 game.

Slovanka vs. Strakonice 99-54 SLO Williams 23/9r Malikova 15 Bartonova 13/7r/11a Halova 13 Svatonova 10/9a STR Rosecka 18 Fadrhonsova 2/7r

Ostrava vs. Lokomotiva Trutnov 76-64 OVA Markovic 20/21r Grbic 17/6a Dickey 14 Motycakova 12 TRU Cotton 15/9r Rylichova 13 Kozumplikova 11 Kralova 10

Russian League 2nd Stage Round 5 March 7th-10th

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Upper Group:

This round of games was spread over four days starting with this group on Saturday.  Brittney Griner led Ekaterinburg past Nadezhda 82-53 in Orenburg.  The other game was played in Krasnoyarsk on Monday with Danielle McCray leading Enisey past Spartak Moscow 81-51.

March 7, 2020

Nadezhda Orenburg vs. Ekaterinburg 53-82 NAD Verameyenka 13/7r Raincock-Ekunwe 10/9r Wheeler 8 EKA Griner 26/8r Stewart 14/12r Meesseman 14 Beglova 10 Musina 8/6r Quigley 4 Belyakova 3

March 9, 2020

Enisey Krasnoyarsk vs. Spartak Moscow 81-51 ENI McCray 20 Marchenkova 15 Koizar 10/6r SPM Levchenko 12 Bertsch 11/8r Kea 6

Lower Group:

On Sunday, Spartak Noginsk surprised Jamie Scott and Dynamo Novosbirsk 80-55.  The round finished on Tuesday with Dynamo Moscow still failing to record a win after losing to their neighbors MBA 72-39.

March 8, 2020

Spartak Noginsk vs. Dynamo Novosibirsk 80-55 SPN Andrianova 19/7r Garkavskaya 18 Karpunina 13/8r/8a Dorosheva 11/6r Krivolapova 11 DYN Scott 24/6r Krymova 11 Hamblin 4/8r

March 10, 2020

Dynamo Moscow vs. MBA Moscow 39-72 DYM Potemina 12/6r MBA Leshkovtseva 12/6r Komarova 11 Stolyar 11 Logunova 10 Fedorenkova 10

Standings:

  1. MBA Moscow 11-10
  2. Dynamo Novosibirsk 10-11
  3. Spartak Noginsk 5-16
  4. Dynamo Moscow 0-21