Spain brought home its first Women’s World Cup title on Sunday, and the country certainly showed out in support. 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. With both England and Spain making their first appearances in the Women’s World Cup final, it makes sense that the countries would see record viewership.
As Deadline reported earlier Monday, the match was watched by a peak of 14.4M people across the BBC and ITV. While that didn’t match the audience for last year’s Euros final, the UK audience was well ahead of the previous women’s World Cup final between the U.S.
and the Netherlands. That’s not all. Even though Australia was defeated 3-1 by England in the semi-final (which was the most watched TV event in Australian history), the host country stayed engaged with the remainder of the tournament.
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