Tuesday, August 29, 2023 | 10:29 p.m.
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Latvian spectators and fans of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 filled the Indonesia Bung Karno Arena (GBK), Jakarta.
Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – The spectators at the FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifier held at the Indonesia Arena, Gelora Bung Karno (GBK), Jakarta have exploded. Viewership grew significantly, especially when Latvia competed, which sold out the country’s shirts.
Sale merchandise The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, especially with the Latvian emblem, went up quickly after the country had the opportunity to advance to the second qualifying round after a narrow 88-86 victory against France on Sunday (27 /8/2023) yesterday.
Since today, Tuesday (29/8/2023), the sale of Latvian state jerseys is regular online on hoops.indonesia, almost sold out. Even in stock merchandise store and two fans shop even in the Indonesia Arena exhausted.
“For sales on hoops.indonesia, there are only two XXL size Latvian country jerseys left. Meanwhile, for direct sales to fans shop And merchandise store official Indonesia Arena has sold the existing 500 stocks,” FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Merchandise Project Manager William Loek said at Indonesia Arena, GBK Senayan, Jakarta on Tuesday (29/8/ 2023).
Tonight, Latvia and Canada will duel to determine the winner of Group H. Latvian fans, Indonesian basketball fans and coming directly from Latvia, are expected to return to the Indonesia Arena. Indeed, it is not only the main position of the group ranking that is disputed, but it also increases the chances of reaching the quarter-finals.
“Most of them bought Latvian fans from outside, but many locals who also supported Latvia also bought. Why did the T-shirts sell better? Maybe it’s hot outside of Indonesia, so they mainly buy clothes to change into if they sweat.” added William.
William asked the public, especially the Latvian fans, not to worry about running out of their favorite team’s shirts. Indeed, there are still other types of products that Latvian supporters can buy, such as hats, braceletand others.
The presence of Latvian fans, who almost always filled half the capacity of the Indonesia Arena stadium, amazed all parties. The Latvian players and coaching staff even considered it extraordinary. They did not expect their supporters to come from Latvia to give them direct support in Jakarta before the end of the qualifying round on September 3.
“Our supporters are amazing. There were probably around 2,500 coming here, but there were around 5,000. They pushed us onto the pitch. They were amazing,” said Latvia assistant coach Arturs Visockis-Rubenis.
For today’s game ticket sales, for the second game between Canada and Latvia. As of 10.22 WIB, 10,284 tickets have been sold. This number is expected to increase through direct sales in ticket box Indonesia arena. In the previous match between Latvia and France, the number of spectators was around 11,000 people.
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