TORONTO (June 8, 2015) – A record number of Canadians watched Christine Sinclair lead Canada to a 1-0 victory in the opening match of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™. Preliminary overnight data from Numeris confirms that 1.8 million viewers watched the game on CTV, TSN, and RDS, making it the most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup™ match ever.
Overall, 5.6 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in for some or all of the Canada-China PR match, which took place in front of a record crowd in Edmonton.
Audience levels peaked at 2.6 million viewers as captain Christine Sinclair stepped up for stepped up for Canada and calmly slotted home a penalty in added time.
On digital platforms, the match:
The Canada-China PR game highlighted a massive weekend of sports on TSN, which included the OT thriller from the NBA FINALS, a historic Triple Crown winner at the BELMONT STAKES, the FRENCH OPEN men’s and women’s finals, the Formula One™ CANADIAN GRAND PRIX, the first all-Canadian NLL Champion’s Cup FINALS, and much more.
Action from the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ continues today with live coverage of four matches, including the highly-anticipated debut of Abby Wambach and the U.S. women’s national team’s opening match against Australia tonight at 7 p.m. ET on TSN and TSN GO.
Monday, June 8
More information on CTV/TSN’s coverage of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ is available at TSN.ca/FIFA.
Subscribe to our media lists to receive official press releases and alerts from Bell Media PR.