USA-Nigeria broke viewership record

In from Nifemi Daniel….

Nigeria’s Super Falcons match against the United State of America in Vancouver at the Women’s World Cup has set a record as the most-watched women soccer match with 5 million viewers, breaking the mark set last Friday for the USA-Sweden game in Edmonton (4.5 million viewers).

According to FOX Sport, USA-Nigeria is the third most-watched women’s soccer match of all time, trailing only the 1999 and 2011 Women’s World Cup finals.

Almost four times as many viewers watched Monday night’s Group D finale as the third U.S. game at the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany.

Most-Watched Women’s World Cup Matches:

AVG.                MATCH            (NETWORK)     YEAR

17,975,000      USA-China       (ABC)               1999

13,458,000      USA-Japan      (ESPN)            2011

5,000,000        USA-Nigeria   (Fox)                2015

4,924,000        USA-Brazil      (ESPN)            1999

4,500,000        USA-Sweden    (Fox)                2015

3,311,000        USA-Australia  (Fox Sports 1)  2015

2,627,000        USA-Germany     (ESPN)         1999

2,457,000        USA-Denmark (ABC)               1999

The second half of the USA-Nigeria game was opposite the final game of the NBA finals between Golden State and Cleveland, which set a Game 6 record with an average of 23.3 million viewers.

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