in terms of press service, only the Qatari soccer World Cup was better than Budapest
For the first time in 2022, the International Association of Sports Journalists (AIPS) examined the sports events of the year from the point of view of the press in two categories. Based on this, in the category of world events about one sport, the 2022 Budapest Aquatic World Cup was preceded only by the Qatar Football World Cup in terms of press coverage, AIPS revealed from his report.
The World Cup in Budapest became the second best sporting event in terms of press coverage in 2022, behind the World Cup in Qatar (Photo: Nemzeti Sport) |
As detailed by AIPS, for the first time it examined sports events by dividing them into two separate categories: it examined competitions organized for one sport and for several sports.
Based on this, the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Munich Multisport European Championship and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games stood out from the multisport event category.
Among the single-sport events, the press center of the World Cup in Qatar stood out from the other events with its size, elegance and efficiency, but the Aquatics World Cup in Budapest came in second place, ahead of the European Women’s Football Championship in England.
As is well known, Budapest took the place of the World Cup in Fukuoka in May, after the Japanese city withdrew from the organization, after which the organizers had less than half a year to organize the World Cup.