But there’s a lot of soccer left to be played; here are some numbers to keep in mind as you watch the 24-team field compete for global soccer’s ultimate prize. (Data courtesy of Sports Illustrated, BBC.com, FoxBusiness.com, FoxSports.com, France24.com, Forbes.com, TeamUSA.org, The Associated Press, Wired.com, cnet.com and The New York Times).
- 12: Number of previous World Cup winners on Team USA’s roster
- 6: Number of Olympic gold medalists on the roster
- 4: Number of countries in the 24-team field that have previously won the Women’s World Cup since its debut in 1991 (United States, Germany, Norway and Japan)
- 900,000: Number of advance tickets sold for all matches
- 1.3 million: Total number of tickets available
- 9: Number of French cities that will host matches
- 52: Total number of matches that will be played
- 1,353,506: Total attendance of the 2015 Women’s World Cup, held in Canada (a new record)
- 1,194,221: Previous attendance record, set in 1999 in the United States
- 26.7 million: Number of people in the United States who tuned in to watch the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final between the U.S. and Japan on television
- 764 million: Number of people worldwide who tuned in to the 2015 final
- 1 billion: Number of television viewers FIFA is hoping will watch the 2019 final
- 2 million: Amount, in U.S. dollars, that Team USA received after winning it all in 2015
- 4 million: Amount, in U.S. dollars, to be awarded to the winning team of this year’s Women’s World Cup
- 30 million: Amount, in U.S. dollars, of the 2019 Women’s World Cup payoff
- 400 million: Amount, in U.S. dollars, of the 2018 Men’s World Cup payoff
- 440 million: Expected amount, in U.S. dollars, of the 2022 Men’s World Cup payoff
- 28: Number of players on the 2015 United States National Women’s Team who filed a lawsuit in March against U.S. Soccer, alleging gender discrimination involving pay and working conditions
- 16: Age, in years, of the youngest player in this year’s competition, Mary Fowler of Australia
- 41: Age, in years, of the oldest player in the competition, Brazil’s Formiga
- 6: Main corporate sponsors for this year’s event (Adidas, Coca-Cola, Wanda, Hyundai, Qatar Airways and Visa)
- 143: Number of countries that entered to qualify for Women’s World Cup play
- 75: Number of referees and assistant referees that are working the World Cup matches
- 0: Number of those referees who are males
- 15: Number of crew members running the tournament’s video assistant referee system
- 0: Number of those crew members who are females
- 62: Number of broadcasters from around the world airing the tournament
- 2: Number of networks in the United States broadcasting games (Fox and Fox Sports 1, plus Spanish-language broadcasts on Telemundo and Universo)
- 800: Total number of hours of coverage Fox plans to run across linear and digital platforms