The 2022 UEFA European Women’s Championship final – England’s 2-1 win over Germany on Sunday – drew an average viewership of 971,000 viewers (P2+), making it the football game most-watched on ESPN networks in 2022.
Viewership peaked from 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the second half of extra time with 1.2 million viewers.
England-Germany, the match between two football rivals, broke the previous record: 732,000 viewers on average on Sunday June 5 watched the UEFA World Cup qualifying final between the Wales and Ukraine on ESPN. The #WEURO2022 final is the most watched women’s football match on ESPN networks since May 30, 2015, USA-South Korea match (998,000 viewers).
Top 10 Markets: Norfolk (1.2), San Diego (1.0), Washington, DC (1.0), West Palm Beach (1.0), Austin, Texas (0.9), Miami (0 .9), Buffalo (0.8), Raleigh-Durham (0.8), Las Vegas 0.8 and Richmond, Virginia (0.7).
The 25-day competition capped off an unprecedented summer of women’s sports on ESPN platforms, led by the famous “Fifty/50” content initiative.
Tournament summary:
The 15 match windows of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 group stage on ESPN2 averaged 172,000 viewers, representing a 30% increase over the comparable timeslot (3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.; 132,000 viewers in June).
- Four quarter-final matches drew an average viewership of 320,000, an 86% increase on the group stage average
- The semi-final matches averaged 326,000 viewers.
Top 5 #WEURO2022 matches:
|
Date |
Match |
Viewers (P2+) |
|
Sun 31 Jul |
England v Germany (Final) |
971,000 |
|
Wed 20 Jul |
England vs Spain (Quarter-final) |
362,000 |
|
Sat 23 Jul |
France vs Netherlands (Quarter-final) |
359,000 |
|
Wed 27 Jul |
Germany v France (semi-final) |
336,000 |
|
Tue 26 Jul |
England vs Sweden (semi-final) |
315,000 |
