England Lionesses Women’s Euro Victory Leads to Record 17.6 Million Viewership for BBC
variety.comNaman Ramachandran The England Lionesses’ historic win in the Women’s Euro 2022 soccer championship has proved to be a viewership bonanza for the BBC.
England beat eight-time champions Germany at London’s Wembley stadium in the final on Sunday evening, with Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly scoring for the victors.
The game was played in front of a record crowd of 87,192. The final was broadcast on BBC One. The game drew an average of 11 million viewers and a 66% audience share, peaking at 17.5 million, according to overnights.tv.
The Women's #euro2022final on BBC1, kicking off at 5pm, drew an audience averaging 11m/66%, and peaked at 17.6m! Congratulations to the #Lionesses on their win over Germany! #uktvratings https://t.co/DSYC3PhVGB— overnights.tv (@overnightstv) August 1, 2022The 17.6 million peak smashed the previous record, achieved just days previously when England beat Sweden 4-0 in the semi-final.
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