Women’s Tournament Finals Score For European Public Broadcasters

Nine out of 10 homes watching TV yesterday afternoon in The Netherlands were watching the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup on public channel NPO1.

The afternoon game was by far the top programme on Dutch television on Sunday with 5.481 million viewers and a remarkable 88% viewing share as the U.S. team defeated Holland for the title.

Another women’s final, to decide the European basketball championship, did well on Sunday in Spain.

Public channel La 1 pulled 1.858 million viewers and 15.5% share for the Spanish team’s win over France.

The football final also did well in Italy, with 1.468 million viewers tuning in the match on public channel RAI 2, with a share of 13.4%.