England's Euro 2022 final win over Germany watched by record television audience of 17.4m
England's Euro 2022 final win over Germany was watched by a peak BBC One television audience of 17.4 million, making it the most-watched women's football game on UK television.There were a further 5.9 million streams of the game on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly got the goals asin a major international tournament since the men's World Cup triumph of 1966.
"This was the most-watched women's football game on UK television of all-time and the most-watched programme in 2022 so far - and deservedly so. Everyone at the BBC is delighted at the win and being able to share that with the public." The previous highest peak TV audience for women's football in the UK was 11.7 million for England's World Cup semi-final defeat by the United States in 2019.
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