Women’s World Cup Final Draws Best TV Rating Since 1999 Edition
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The Women’s World Cup final between Japan and the U.S. drew the largest big-market television rating for a tournament game in 12 years and the second-highest in history, Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN said.
Yesterday’s game, which Japan won 3-1 on penalty kicks after the teams tied 2-2 in overtime in Frankfurt, was seen on ESPN in an average of 8.6 percent of households in the top 56 U.S. television markets, Nate Smeltz, a spokesman for the network, said in an e-mail.