Attracting the largest number was the hall in Jesenice, which hosted several teams from the former Yugoslavia and had an average of 3,389 of visitors or a total of 50,846. Celje, where the Slovenian team played, followed with 2,888 or 43,320, Koper with 2,542 or 38,130, and Ljubljana's Tivoli hall with 1,536 or 23,040.

Among individual games, the largest number, 5,500, was recorded for the encounter between Macedonia and Serbia, organisers said on Tuesday

Ticket sales have exceeded expectations, on average beating targets by 20% and in Koper even by 200%. Ninety percent of the planned 145,000 tickets were sold until today.

Slovenia was visited by between 18,000 and 20,000 foreign guests in the opening days of the tournament, especially from Macedonia, Croatia, Finland and Italy whose fans accounted for around 50,000 overnight stays.