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ESPN Star site tracks Chinese soccer fans' favourites
(Posted on 14 May 2002 5:30 pm)
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With the soccer fever on the rise, ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has
found that Chinese sports fans have already made their minds
up about their favourite soccer teams.
In a survey conducted on its website espnstar.com.cn last month,
fans were asked to name the football team from which they would
have liked to receive an authentic uniform. Most of the Chinese
fans chose "Manchester United" over any other team. Over the
85,500 entries which were recorded, 23,451 or 27.41 per cent
were clear that Manchester United were their top choice. Although
agreed by many to be the most popular "English Premier League"
team in the world, Manchester United won by a wafer- thin margin
with rival Liverpool gathering 23,263 or 27.19 per cent of the
entries.
The results also revealed that the Chinese fans were not only
knowledgeable about soccer and the teams from the "English Premier
League", but also from other European Leagues as well. Others
who made it to the top five were "Inter Milan" with 21,539 or
25.17 per cent votes, "Roma" with 13,659 or 15.96 per cent votes
and "Arsenal" with 3,653 or 4.27 per cent votes.
In another survey conducted on the website, asking which two
teams in Group C would make it to the second round of the World
Cup, 8,852 or 50.16 per cent of the 17,600 odd entries were
confident that China and Brazil would cover the distance. However,
while confidence and excitement is high among the majority of
football crazy Chinese in anticipation of their first World
Cup appearance, 35.59 per cent of the respondents recorded showed
less optimism for their progress beyond the first round.
These fans picked Brazil and Turkey as the possible second round
teams. Other choices which were voted were China and Costa Rica
with 5.93 per cent or 1,046 entries, followed by China and Turkey
with 5.33 per cent or 940 entries.
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