World Cup Final Scores Nearly 63M Across Fox & Telemundo As Tournament Breaks Viewing Records
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Yellow card Enzo FERNANDEZ (Argentina) is booked by
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Goal Ferran TORRES (Spain) scores!!
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Spain squad
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8 Fabian RUIZ Midfielder
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10 Dani OLMO Forward
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12 Pedro PORRO Defender
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14 Aymeric LAPORTE Defender
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15 Alex BAENA Midfielder
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16 RODRI C Midfielder
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19 Lamine YAMAL Forward
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21 Mikel OYARZABAL Forward
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22 Pau CUBARSI Defender
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23 Unai SIMON Goalkeeper
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24 Marc CUCURELLA Defender
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1 David RAYA Goalkeeper
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2 Marc PUBILL Defender
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3 Alex GRIMALDO Defender
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4 Eric GARCIA Defender
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5 Marcos LLORENTE Defender
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6 Mikel MERINO Midfielder
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7 Ferran TORRES Forward
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9 GAVI Midfielder
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11 Yeremy PINO Forward
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13 Joan GARCIA Goalkeeper
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17 Nico WILLIAMS Forward
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18 Martin ZUBIMENDI Midfielder
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20 PEDRI Midfielder
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25 Victor MUNOZ Forward
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26 Borja IGLESIAS Forward
Argentina squad
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3 Nicolas TAGLIAFICO Defender
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4 Gonzalo MONTIEL Defender
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6 Lisandro MARTINEZ Defender
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7 Rodrigo DE PAUL Midfielder
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9 Julian ALVAREZ Forward
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10 Lionel MESSI C Forward
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13 Cristian ROMERO Defender
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15 Nico GONZALEZ Midfielder
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20 Alexis MAC ALLISTER Midfielder
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23 Emiliano MARTINEZ Goalkeeper
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24 Enzo FERNANDEZ Midfielder
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1 Juan MUSSO Goalkeeper
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2 Marcos SENESI Defender
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5 Leandro PAREDES Midfielder
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8 Valentin BARCO Midfielder
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11 Giovani Lo Celso Midfielder
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12 Geronimo RULLI Goalkeeper
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14 Exequiel PALACIOS Midfielder
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16 Thiago ALMADA Forward
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17 Giuliano SIMEONE Forward
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18 Nico PAZ Forward
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19 Nicolas OTAMENDI Defender
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21 Jose Manuel LOPEZ Forward
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22 Lautaro MARTINEZ Forward
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25 Facundo MEDINA Defender
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26 Nahuel MOLINA Defender
The World Cup Final between Spain and Argentina drew a combined US audience of 62.8 million viewers across Fox and Telemundo, setting new ratings records for both broadcasters. Spain's extra-time win, sealed by a goal from Ferran Torres, capped a tournament co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada that proved a major commercial success for its American broadcast partners, with Fox recording the most-watched soccer telecast and World Cup final in US television history.
Fox averaged 38.9 million viewers for the final, peaking at 51.7 million between 5:45pm and 6pm ET as Torres scored the winner, while an average of 42.5 million watched the full 120-minute match. This far exceeded the 12.8 million who watched the 2022 final, though that game aired earlier in the day from Qatar. NBCUniversal's Spanish-language network Telemundo added a further 23.9 million viewers across linear television and Peacock, making it the most-watched World Cup in Spanish-language broadcast history, with a tournament average of 6.3 million viewers per game, up from 2.6 million in 2022.
In short
- World Cup final drew 62.8M US viewers across Fox and Telemundo combined
- Spain beat Argentina in extra time; Fox set all-time soccer ratings record
- Telemundo also posted its best-ever Spanish-language World Cup viewership
Explained simply
The World Cup is the international football tournament run by FIFA, soccer’s global governing body. National teams qualify to compete, and the final is the tournament’s last match; Spain and Argentina are two of the sport’s prominent national sides.
In the United States, Fox carried the tournament in English and Telemundo in Spanish, with Peacock also showing Telemundo coverage. The three host countries were the United States, Mexico and Canada, bringing matches to a large North American audience.
World Cup audiences can vary with the teams playing, match time and where the tournament is held. Broadcast figures help show the competition’s reach and its value to networks and advertisers, while English- and Spanish-language coverage serves different parts of the US audience.