Germany-Spain World Cup match draws 17 mln viewers in Germany, 16.6 mln in Spain (updated)

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28/11/2022 09:10

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       BERLIN, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Some 17 million people tuned
in to broadcaster ZDF's coverage to see Germany play Spain in
the World Cup on Sunday while 16.6 million people watched the
match in Spain, according to data from audience measurement
firms AGF and Barlovento.
    Germany's Niclas Fuellkrug scored an equaliser after Spanish
striker Alvaro Morata had opened the score in Sunday's match,
which aired at 8 p.m. local time in both countries. The 1-1 draw
allowed Germany dodge an early exit from the tournament.
    The country's first match of the 2022 World Cup on Nov. 23,
in which Japan beat the four-times champions 2-1, was viewed by
9.2 million people in Germany, while Spain's first match, a 7-0
victory, against Costa Rica, which aired on the Spanish national
broadcaster TVE and pay television's Gol Mundial, attracted 10.8
million viewers. 
    Spain's population at 47 million is much smaller than
Germany's 83 million.
    Spain tops the Group E standings with four points and only
needs a draw in their final game against Japan to progress.   
 (Writing by Rachel More and Emma Pinedo, Editing by Miranda
Murray and Inti Landauro, William Maclean)
 ((rachel.more@thomsonreuters.com;))