The Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has already broken television viewership records

10:27 AM

The Australian “Matildas” failed to advance to their finals the worldBut despite their defeat against they achieved the television audience record in their country England (3-1), according to data released this Thursday.

In the host country, Matilda developed fever 11.5 million televised Wednesday’s game in Sydney The total population is about 25 million people.

The average audience for the event was 7.13 million viewers.

Open broadcast chain Channel Seven Since the current ratings calculation system was established in 2001, it has been said to be the most-watched program on television, sports or otherwise.

“The Matildas have rewritten the history books,” said Louise Martin, head of Channel Seven’s sports network.

“Australia were blown away last night by the Matildas who played their hearts out and made us all proud,” he added.

This data does not include those who followed the match on Octus Sport pay TV.

Despite the loss, Australia will play a third-place match against Sweden in Brisbane on Saturday.

For their part, England and Spain battle for their first Women’s World Cup in Sydney on Sunday.