Now fans across China have been warned to ration their soccer intake because of the exhausting 11-hour time difference between the country and Brazil.
Zhou Meng, 39, from Shanghai, died from a brain haemorrhage while watching Costa Rica’s exciting 3-1 win over Uruguay.
The high blood pressure sufferer was rushed to the Shanghai No. 10 People’s Hospital after suffering a stroke and pronounced dead several hours later.
Relatives said Zhou was a keen football fan and had already stayed up for the two previous nights watching televised matches from Brazil.
Zhou was sitting on his sofa in front of his TV at home in the early hours of Sunday when he suddenly collapsed.
A hospital spokesman said people with high blood pressure and heart conditions are more vulnerable to brain haemorrhages when events make them excited or emotional.
Shanghai’s hospitals reported a larger number of emergency cases than usual last weekend – the first weekend of the World Cup.
Accident and emergency units said the number of patients increased by 50% over the weekend.
Some 40% had respiratory or stomach problems, often caused by irregular eating and sleeping patterns.
Most group games start at midnight, 3am, 4am and 6am, in China leaving fans struggling to balance their football fix with their daily routine.
“I’ve been watching games every day for the past three days, mostly the 3am and 6am games,” said Liu Yitao, a 29-year-old white collar worker.
Liu admitted on Monday he was feeling tired at work and now plans only to watch group stage games at weekends.
On Saturday, a 50-year-old driver, who is said to have stayed up all night watching the football died with four passengers when their vehicle collided with a bus in a tunnel in Wenzhou, eastern China.
And in the cities of Suzhou and Dalian, different cases of a fan dying while watching games were reported.
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