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ESPN's Euro 2020 TV ratings up 33 percent compared to Euro 2016

Through Saturday, June 19, Euro 2020 on ESPN and ABC delivered an average audience of 965,000 viewers, a 33 percent increase compared to 723,000 viewers for the same number of matches of Euro 2016.

Highlights:

• Saturday’s Portugal-Germany on ESPN averaged 1.83 million viewers – the largest audience for a European Championship group stage match in 2016 and 2020; and ranks as the third most-viewed group stage match ever on ESPN networks and ABC

• Four Euro 2020 matches rank in the top ten most-viewed matches ever in the group stage on ESPN networks and ABC (since 2008)

 
Top 10 most-watched European Championship games on ESPN:

1. Italy vs. Spain, 2.187 million viewers (Euro 2012)
2. Germany vs. Portugal, 1.946 million viewers (Euro 2012)
3. Portugal vs. Germany, 1.826 million viewers (Euro 2020)
4. France vs. Germany, 1.545 million viewers (Euro 2020)
5. England vs. Scotland, 1.539 million viewers (Euro 2020)
6. Spain vs. Poland, 1.511 million viewers (Euro 2020)
7. Netherlands vs. Germany, 1.488 million viewers (Euro 2012)
8. Ireland vs. Croatia, 1.463 million viewers (Euro 2012)
9. Netherlands vs. Denmark, 1.429 million viewers (Euro 2012)
10. Portugal vs. Netherlands, 1.425 million viewers (Euro 2012)

 

Here’s the Euro 2020 TV schedule (all times Eastern):

Euro 2020 TV schedule

 

 

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