The victory of the French team against Denmark (33-31) in the Euro handball final on Sunday in Cologne attracted an average of 5.27 million viewers on TF1, the channel announced on Monday.
The match, broadcast late in the afternoon, had an audience share of 30.1%, according to data from the Médiamétrie institute. A peak of eight million viewers was reached at the end of overtime, at the time when the 8 p.m. news usually begins. The presentation of the cup was followed by 6.5 million people (29.6% audience share) according to Médiamétrie. BeIN Sports, which co-broadcast this final, has not yet communicated its audience share.
However, no records have been broken. The most viewed handball match in France remains France-Qatar, the final of the men’s world championships won in 2015 by the Blues (22-25). This match attracted an average of 9.1 million viewers (43.3% audience share), with a peak of 12.6 million at the end of the match.