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[06/24/18 - 02:15 PM]
FOX Scores Most-Watched Non-U.S. Men's Group Stage Match on English-Language Television in Last 28 Years
FOX Sports spins the numbers for Saturday, June 23.

[via press release from FOX Sports]

FOX SCORES MOST-WATCHED NON-U.S. MEN'S GROUP STAGE MATCH ON ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TELEVISION IN LAST 28 YEARS

Dramatic Germany-Sweden Match Leads FOX Sports to Most-Watched 2018 FIFA World Cup(TM) Day to Date

Germany's Win Peaks at 6,736,000 Million Viewers on FOX

NEW YORK & MOSCOW - FOX Sports recorded its most-watched FIFA World Cup(TM) day to date for the 2018 tournament, with three Saturday matches averaging nearly four million viewers (3,875,000). Leading the day, the dramatic Germany-Sweden Group Stage match won by Germany, on a stunning stoppage-time goal from Toni Kroos, scored 5,397,000 viewers according to Nielsen Media Research. Including streaming, the match drew 5,636,000 viewers.

Peaking at 6,736,000 viewers, the German victory was the most-watched non-U.S. Men's World Cup Group Stage match on English-language television since at least 1990.

Match viewership was up +108% from the 2014 World Cup Group Stage average, excluding U.S. matches (2,592,000) and up +189% from the 2010 World Cup Group Stage average, excluding U.S. matches (1,868,000).

In addition, Germany-Sweden was the most-watched English-Language soccer telecast since the FIFA Women's World Cup Final(TM) on FOX (22,317,000 on FOX alone for the full telecast).

In other matches Saturday, Mexico beat Korea Republic, 2-1, delivering 4,646,000 viewers across FOX Sports platforms (4,433,000 on linear television), the second-most-watched match of this year's tournament on FOX or FS1. Belgium routed Tunisia 5-2 in the early morning match of the day, delivering an average of 1,951,000 viewers, making it the most-watched early morning match of the 2018 tournament to date.

Through Match Day 10, World Cup viewership across FOX and FS1 is averaging 2,125,000 viewers:

· +14% from the 2010 Group Stage average, excluding U.S. matches (1,868,000)

· +2% from the average of the last four World Cups through Match Day 10, excluding U.S. matches (2,084,000)

· +25% from the complete Group Stage average of the last four World Cups, excluding U.S. matches (1,704,000)

FOX Sports Saturday digital highlights include:

· The Germany-Sweden match was the top-performing streaming match of the day, with an average minute audience of 239,000 and 689,000 unique streamers

· Through Day 10, FOX Sports has delivered 906 million total minutes of streaming content (matches, shoulder programming and VOD)

· Saturday was the second-best day of the tournament for Snap, with 10.4 million Publisher Story views; 90.5 million total story views through Day 10

For more news and information on FOX Sports and its coverage on the FIFA World Cup(TM), visit FOX Sports Press Pass.

ABOUT FOX SPORTS

FOX Sports is the umbrella entity representing 21st Century Fox's wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FOX Sports includes ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple web sites, joint-venture businesses and several licensing partnerships. FOX Sports includes the sports television arm of the FOX Broadcasting Company; FS1, FS2; FOX Sports Regional Networks, their affiliated regional web sites and national programming; FOX Soccer Plus; FOX Deportes and FOX College Sports. FOX Sports also encompasses FOX Sports Digital, which includes FOXSports.com, FOX Sports App and FOX Sports GO. Also included in the Group are FOX's interests in joint-venture businesses Big Ten Network and BTN 2Go, as well as a licensing agreement that establish the FOX Sports Radio Network.





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