Argentina’s dramatic victory over France in penalty kicks in the World Cup final has become the most-watched soccer match of any kind in the United States.
Fans react as they watch the Qatar 2022 World Cup Final football match between Argentina and France at Bar Tabac in Brooklyn, New York, on December 18, 2022. has become the most-watched soccer match of any kind in the United States.
The updated total narrowly edges the 26.7 million that tuned in to the 2015 Women’s World Cup final, when the U.S. beat Japan 5-2 in a match that aired in prime time for most of the United States because the tournament was held in Canada. Argentina’s first World Cup title since 1986 was Fox’s most-watched match of the tournament at 17,726,000. That surpasses the 15,491,000 that watched the Americans 0-0 draw with England during group-stage play on Nov. 25.Sunday’s combined audience was a 33.3% increase over the 2018 final, which averaged 17.83 million on Fox and Telemundo. Fox’s audience increased 29.5% from four years ago, when France defeated Croatia.
By comparison, the 6.04 million who watched on Telemundo was triple the 1.9 million that watched the network’s broadcast of Super Bowl 56 earlier this year.Despite the World Cup being held in the fall and competing against college football and the NFL, Fox and Telemundo reported double-digit increase for their tournament coverage.
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