As England's victorious players gathered Monday with thousands of fans in Trafalgar Square to celebrate their first European soccer championship, the BBC released stunning TV viewership figures that quantified just how much of the nation they'd captivated.
that an average audience of 17.9 million watched the match, making it the most-viewed women's soccer game ever in Germany as well.
It narrowly topped the 16.95 million fans who watched Germany lose to Japan in the 2011 Women's World Cup quarterfinals. In the U.S., the most-viewed soccer telecast ever remains the 2015 Women's World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan. That was watched by an average of 26.7 million people, and peaked at over 30 million viewers — numbers comparable to theRelative to population sizes, though, the UK numbers for both the men's and women's finals are far larger.
Euro 2022 also shattered attendance records. The sold-out final at Wembley Stadium, seen live by 87,192 fans, drew more people than any other European championship game, women's or men's, ever. The entire tournament, hosted by 10 stadiums across England, drew more than 500,000 fans — more than twice the previous record of 240,055, set in 2017 — despite some big English clubs balking at staging games at their home grounds.watched Morocco beat Botswana to qualify for its first Women's World Cup.
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