Fans are much more excited about the Women's World Cup than the men's European Championship at home  

FanQ poll: The German women's national team kicked off the World Cup in Australia with a convincing 6:0 win over Morocco. While the DFB ladies around "Golden Girl" Jule Brand said they could hardly wait for the tournament to start (FanQ reported), it is difficult for many football fans in Germany to follow the games live due to the time difference. 

Cologne. After the disappointing test match results of the DFB men last month, the Women's World Cup is a real ray of hope for many German fans. Almost a year to the day after losing the European Championship final to hosts England, national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's team, who got off to a very good start to the tournament with a clear 6-0 victory over Morocco, will play their second group match against Colombia next Sunday morning. In view of the early kick-off times, FanQ asked over 5,000 people in the run-up to the tournament about their anticipation of the upcoming World Cup, the sporting prospects of the DFB team and their interest in women's football and its development in general. 

Compared to other sports, football clearly leads the way in terms of the interest of survey participants in professional women's football. Accordingly, 79.0% of respondents have a soft spot for professional women's football. Other sports such as athletics (38.9 %), tennis (24.8 %) and handball (22.1 %) follow at a distance. 

It is therefore only partially surprising that the anticipation of the World Cup was not only high among the DFB players. In the survey, German football fans voted an average of 4.07 out of a possible five stars. Among the female participants, this figure was as high as 4.67 and among the male respondents it was still 3.69. This means that the overall enthusiasm for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand is significantly higher than the anticipation for the upcoming men's European Championship, which will be held in Germany in a year's time. Just over four weeks ago, supporters voted an average of just 2.41 out of a possible five stars when asked the same question about the European Championship at home. 

Only 17.1 % of those taking part in the survey do not want to follow the matches without German participation. 23.0 % of supporters at least want to find out about the results. In contrast, 30.8 % of respondents want to watch summaries of the matches of the other nations. And as many as 26.9 % of fans even plan to watch the matches without German participation live. The fact that the proportion of these people is not even higher can be explained by the early kick-off times due to the time difference. 

Despite the time constraints, a whopping 60.4 % of respondents said that they would watch the DFB team's matches live. In addition, 18.1 % of the survey participants intend to watch the summaries of the German matches, while a further 8.5 % of fans at least intend to find out about the results. 

In terms of sporting performance, fans have high hopes for Lina Magull, Klara Bühl, Alexandra Popp and co. 25.7 % of fans believe that the DFB team will reach the semi-finals, 28.7 % of respondents even believe that the team will reach the final again and 19.5 % of respondents believe that the German national team will win the World Cup. In contrast, only 20.4 % of those taking part in the survey believe that national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's team will be eliminated in the quarter-finals or earlier. 

If you have any editorial queries, please contact FanQ founder Joachim Lammert, joachim.lammert@fanq.com, 0163-5293000. 

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