FIFA World Cup 2022: FIFA break silence on stadium capacity furore, attendances, how many fans are at games, list of stadiums, latest, updates
![World Cup hosts Qatar 'gripped by football fever' despite thousands of empty seats at opening game | Evening Standard World Cup hosts Qatar 'gripped by football fever' despite thousands of empty seats at opening game | Evening Standard](https://static.standard.co.uk/2022/11/21/08/newFile-2.jpg?width=1200)
World Cup hosts Qatar 'gripped by football fever' despite thousands of empty seats at opening game | Evening Standard
![World Cup sponsors 'struggling to give away tickets' as stadiums plagued with empty seats | Football | Sport | Express.co.uk World Cup sponsors 'struggling to give away tickets' as stadiums plagued with empty seats | Football | Sport | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/67/1200x712/4416337.jpg)
World Cup sponsors 'struggling to give away tickets' as stadiums plagued with empty seats | Football | Sport | Express.co.uk
![As if by magic: Qatar World Cup stadium capacities grow by 12% overnight | World Cup 2022 | The Guardian As if by magic: Qatar World Cup stadium capacities grow by 12% overnight | World Cup 2022 | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7b02b4ca66927ed43de7b5d4318adcb70781f5b3/0_189_5128_3077/master/5128.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=f2413de9ee528181a3f7f7273ce46898)
As if by magic: Qatar World Cup stadium capacities grow by 12% overnight | World Cup 2022 | The Guardian
![Fifa boast about 94% stadium capacity at Qatar World Cup so far despite thousands of empty seats spotted at every match | The Sun Fifa boast about 94% stadium capacity at Qatar World Cup so far despite thousands of empty seats spotted at every match | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-qatar-fans-pictured-empty-778232482.jpg)
Fifa boast about 94% stadium capacity at Qatar World Cup so far despite thousands of empty seats spotted at every match | The Sun
![Adam Leventhal on X: "Sat at the World Cup opener and looking around coz the match isn't looking like it's going anywhere tbh, loads of empty seats already and it's just after Adam Leventhal on X: "Sat at the World Cup opener and looking around coz the match isn't looking like it's going anywhere tbh, loads of empty seats already and it's just after](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FiBiaOLXwAA_DO7.jpg:large)
Adam Leventhal on X: "Sat at the World Cup opener and looking around coz the match isn't looking like it's going anywhere tbh, loads of empty seats already and it's just after
![Qatar fans head for exits at HALF TIME leaving thousands of empty seats in shambolic World Cup opener defeat to Ecuador | The Sun Qatar fans head for exits at HALF TIME leaving thousands of empty seats in shambolic World Cup opener defeat to Ecuador | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-group-match-qatar-ecuador-776935252.jpg)
Qatar fans head for exits at HALF TIME leaving thousands of empty seats in shambolic World Cup opener defeat to Ecuador | The Sun
![Qatar 2022: Empty seats, barren beer fridges and ear-splitting DJs, what it's like inside a World Cup stadium Qatar 2022: Empty seats, barren beer fridges and ear-splitting DJs, what it's like inside a World Cup stadium](https://wp.inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/clockwise-from-left-is-mark-douglas-samples-an-alcohol-free-beer-budweiser-fridges-sit-empty-and-so-do-many-of-the-seats-before-kick-off-photo-mark-douglas-i-sport-1200x630-pl-first-person.jpg)
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![World Cup 2022: Qatar embarrassed by Ecuador on the pitch and by the thousands of empty seats in the stands World Cup 2022: Qatar embarrassed by Ecuador on the pitch and by the thousands of empty seats in the stands](https://wp.inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/comp-1668973893.png?crop=5px%2C5px%2C1186px%2C670px&resize=640%2C360)
World Cup 2022: Qatar embarrassed by Ecuador on the pitch and by the thousands of empty seats in the stands
![Qatar announce dubious World Cup attendance figures despite thousands of empty seats | Football | Metro News Qatar announce dubious World Cup attendance figures despite thousands of empty seats | Football | Metro News](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SEI_134606737-be0e.jpg?quality=90&strip=all)
Qatar announce dubious World Cup attendance figures despite thousands of empty seats | Football | Metro News
![Why Al Bayt stadium emptied after half-time during 2022 World Cup opener Qatar Vs Ecuador - football.london Why Al Bayt stadium emptied after half-time during 2022 World Cup opener Qatar Vs Ecuador - football.london](https://i2-prod.football.london/incoming/article25563831.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_Al-Bayt.jpg)
Why Al Bayt stadium emptied after half-time during 2022 World Cup opener Qatar Vs Ecuador - football.london
![Qatar announce attendance figures higher than actual capacity of the stadiums TWICE, despite plenty of empty seats being seen at matches | talkSPORT Qatar announce attendance figures higher than actual capacity of the stadiums TWICE, despite plenty of empty seats being seen at matches | talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/2022-world-cup-group-football-777239499-1.jpg)
Qatar announce attendance figures higher than actual capacity of the stadiums TWICE, despite plenty of empty seats being seen at matches | talkSPORT
![Empty seats tell story as Qatar World Cup party falls flat - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East Empty seats tell story as Qatar World Cup party falls flat - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2022-11/63eea57ef69747ee592c96770d7ab5094541bc72.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=U8fforwv)
Empty seats tell story as Qatar World Cup party falls flat - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East
![Embarrassing': World Cup 2022 final plays out in front of thousands of empty seats | The Independent Embarrassing': World Cup 2022 final plays out in front of thousands of empty seats | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/12/18/16/newFile-1.jpg?width=1200)