Some 17 million people tuned in to broadcaster ZDF’s coverage to watch Germany play Spain at the World Cup on Sunday, compared with 16.6 million in Spain, according to figures from audience measurement firms AGF and Barlovento.
Germany’s Niklas Feulkrug equalized after Spanish striker Álvaro Morata opened the scoring in Sunday’s match, which was broadcast live at 8 p.m. local time in both countries. The 1–1 draw allowed Germany to make an early exit from the tournament.
The country’s first match of the 2022 World Cup on 23 November, in which Japan beat four-time champions 2–1, was watched by 9.2 million people in Germany, while Spain’s first match, a 7–0 win against Costa Rica, which aired on Spanish national broadcaster TVE and on pay television’s Gol Mundial, attracted 10.8 million viewers.
