Russia match – Croatia at the World Cup set an audience record – Sports Mail.Ru

The FIFA World Cup, which was held in Russia, ended on July 15th. The Russian team reached the quarterfinals, which lost against the Croatian in the post-match penalty series.

"The first channel broadcast 27 live games, covering more than 71% of the Russian population (total coverage, Mediascope data, audience 4+) .The World Cup World Record staged the match Russia-Croatia to the Premiere, becoming the most-rated sports broadcast of the decade on national television – a score of 20.2%, or 63.6% (Mediascope, Russia, 4+). "At home observation is about 34% of the Russian population 4+," said the representative of the Public Relations Directorate of the first channel in a letter

"It accounted for only 73% of the Total audience: Another 27% watched the match outside the house – at the dacha, at home, in bars, [fan zones] etc. It is interesting to note that among all the spectators of the match, more than 45% were women, "added the source.

The First Channel representative said which games have become the most popular. "In addition to the finals and matches with the participation of the Russian national team online users have closely followed the matches of the national teams of Croatia and Uruguay. 10 games on the number of views of the first one's resources in addition to previous matches and matches Russia – Saudi Arabia, Russia – Egypt and Russia – Uruguay have also included: Croatia – Denmark, Croatia – England, Uruguay – Portugal and Uruguay – France 19659010] After finding an error in the text, select it and press Ctrl + Enter