A total of 2.68 million spectators flocked to the stadiums of the 14 National League clubs in the past qualifying season. That's more than ever before in Switzerland's top ice hockey league.
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On average, 7365 spectators watched the games on site. This corresponds to an increase of 235 compared to the previous season.
The number one crowd-puller was once again SC Bern, which welcomed 15,821 fans per game to the PostFinance Arena, a good 300 more than in the previous year. In the European spectator rankings, the Cologne Sharks have now overtaken the long-standing king of spectators. Next week, the DEL team is likely to raise its own European record from the previous year by around a thousand to just under 18,000 spectators per game.
The highest increase in the National League was recorded by Lausanne HC, with an increase of just over 1,800 spectators per home game, who were crowned qualification winners for the first time in the club's history. With an average of 9096 spectators, last year's play-off finalist is still the club with the fourth-highest average attendance behind the ZSC Lions (11,381) and Fribourg-Gottéron (9191). For the second season in a row, all home games in Fribourg were completely sold out. Across all stadiums, attendance was just over 90 percent.
Only Servette (-192) and Biel (-108) welcomed fewer spectators than in the previous season. For the 2023 play-off finalists, the season ended prematurely on Saturday after missing out on the play-in. At the bottom of the attendance table, as in sporting terms, is bottom-placed HC Ajoie with an average of 4482 spectators per home game.
