The Euro 2024 quarterfinal conflict between Germany and Spain turned the most-watched TV occasion in Germany this yr, in keeping with information from public broadcaster ARD.
An spectacular 27.1 million viewers tuned in to the stay broadcast on July 5, capturing a outstanding 80.9% market share. Germany’s hopes have been dashed as they have been eradicated from the house event following a 2-1 extra-time defeat to eventual champions Spain.
In distinction, Germany’s girls’s workforce topped the viewership charts in 2022 and 2023, whereas the lads’s workforce didn’t make the highest 50 after disappointing exits within the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
“The home European championship was very dominant, the tournament was a lot of fun for people,” ARD sports activities coordinator Axel Balkausky stated.
More than 20 matches not involving Germany reached the ten million-viewer mark. The last between Spain and England was watched by 22.4 million folks.
“That was spectacular proof of the ability of soccer at tournaments,” Balkausky stated.
The most profitable sport after soccer was, as within the earlier yr, handball.
Five European Championship matches involving the German workforce have been among the many 50 most profitable sports activities broadcasts of the yr, together with the semifinal defeat to Denmark with 9.8 million viewers, rating twenty ninth.
The Olympic Games have been additionally a significant scores driver. The opening ceremony on public broadcaster ZDF delivered the best score from Paris: 10.4 million folks watched the ceremony, which lasted about 4 hours and ranked twenty sixth within the scores.
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