Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto have the league’s highest home-pavilion occupancy rate in Asobal
According to a study by David Guenel analysing pavilion capacities, average attendances and occupancy rates across thirty-five European leagues, Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto were the Asobal club that made the best use of their venue, with an average occupancy of 94%, thanks to the 1,417 spectators filling the 1,500 seats at the Internucleos Ovni.
2015-07-15
According to a study by David Guenel which analyses pavilion capacities, average attendances and occupancy rates across thirty-five European leagues, Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto were the Asobal club that made the best use of their venue, with an average occupancy of 94%, thanks to the 1,417 spectators filling the 1,500 seats at the Internucleos Ovni.
The analysis, available at https://sites.google.com/site/classementdesclubsdehandball/classement-des-villes-et-des-salles/2014-2015, also shows that Spanish handball is not in poor health in terms of attendances, but remains some way behind Europe’s top leagues. Asobal has an average attendance of 1,338, well below the 4,591 recorded by the German Bundesliga and the 2,434 recorded by France’s LNF.
Regarding the analysis of Spanish clubs, which covers Asobal and the División de Honor Plata, the Valencian side are seventh among the country’s teams for average attendance. The ranking is led by Ademar de León, with an average of 2,479 spectators per match. Among the top ten, Atlético Valladolid of the División de Honor Plata stand out: with 1,604 spectators, they are fourth. The study also demonstrates Asobal’s limited appeal in Barcelona, where FC Barcelona occupy 13th place with 1,136 spectators and a paltry 14% occupancy rate at the Palau Blaugrana.
The Valencian team’s spokesperson, Carlos Argente, said: “When we ask the municipal and regional authorities to complete our new pavilion, we are not doing so because we want a prettier or newer venue. As these figures show, it is a genuine necessity and prevents us from growing our supporter base.” The red-and-white director also expressed his satisfaction with the overall figures: “When you look at David Guenel’s impressive study, you see that, among the four hundred clubs examined across Europe, only seventeen have better occupancy rates. In terms of attendance, despite the capacity limitations, we are 80th among all the clubs studied.”
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