Has the U20 World Cup been a success?

Stuart Holthusen of New Zealand celebrates after scoring a goal during the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 Round of 16 match. Photo / Getty Images?

How does this year's Fifa U20 World Cup compare with previous editions of the tournament?

Nzherald.co.nz breaks down all the numbers.

- 24 teams have taken part in 48 matches.

- There have been 139 goals at an average of 2.9 goals a game.

- 145 yellow cards* and 11 red cards have been issued, at an average of 3.02 and 0.23 cards a game respectively.

- So far 334,501* spectators have attended the World Cup games in New Zealand, at an average of 6,969 people per game.

How does this rank with previous Fifa Under-20 World Cups?

- With four games to go, the 2015 New Zealand-hosted tournament has had more people attend games than the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey in 2013, which had an attendance of 302,711 people after all 52 games.

- However, New Zealand is so far second to last on attendance numbers out of all 20 tournaments that have been held every two years since 1977. Crowd figures for the 1977 Tunisia tournament are unavailable.

- The next lowest is 443,094 at the 1981 Under-20 World Cup in Australia, but there were only 32 games and 16 teams competing.

- The 2011 tournament in Colombia had a record 1,309,929 people attend games, at an average of 25,191 per game.

- At the 1983 Under-20 World Cup there were 16 teams competing in 32 games, but host nation Mexico still had 1,155,160 people attend, at an average of 36,099 spectators at every game - the highest crowd average in the tournament's history.

- Although attendance numbers might be smaller in New Zealand, it has not affected the amount of goals scored. At 139 goals so far this tournament, New Zealand has seen more goal-scoring action than Colombia 2011 (132), Canada 2007 (135), UAE 2003 (119) and all tournaments hosted earlier than 1997 due to the smaller amount of teams and games.

- Depending on how many players find the back of the net in the remaining four games, New Zealand could overtake Netherlands 2005 (143) and Argentina 2001 (149).

Note: FIFA figures
* Yellow cards do not include second cautions in same match / No. of red cards includes direct expulsions and indirect expulsions due to second caution in same match .
**Attendance figures relate to the number of spectators as indicated in official FIFA match reports and not number of tickets sold. Figures also include double headers.