UK, Spanish crowds flock to FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Final draws largest audience ever for a women’s match in Spain, and over 15m viewers in the UK.
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The FIFA Women’s World Cup Final between Spain and England was a huge crowd puller in their home countries.
The match was watched by an average of 5.6m people in Spain, according to data from Barlovento Comunicacion. That makes it the largest TV audience ever for a women’s soccer match in Spain, Deadline reports.
In the UK, 12 million watched on BBC One, alongside an additional 3.9 million streams on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online.
The trophy was won by Spain 1-0.
Overall, the tournament saw total BBC TV reach of 21.2 million (15 mins or more) and was streamed 25.7 million times across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app, a 75% increase on the 14.7 million streams for the 2019 World Cup.
Director of BBC Sport, Barbara Slater says: “We’re proud to be long-term partners for women’s football which continues its fantastic upward trajectory. The Lionesses came so close but they should be incredibly proud of reaching a World Cup final. It was a brilliant tournament for audiences and these figures prove once again that no one can bring the nation together for the big moments quite like the BBC across TV, iPlayer, Sounds and the Sport website.”
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All who played should be proud…but my heart broke for Olga learning her father had passed away after winning…I can’t imagine how bittersweet that must be for her…my condolences go to her especially.