England’s dramatic euro 2025 against Spain was the most watched television moment of the last win, with 12.2 million peak live audiences in all BBC platforms.
Sarina Wigman’s side retained her title by defeating the world champion on a penalty after a 1–1 draw in Basel, Switzerland.
Cloe Kelly, who scored an additional time winner in the Euro 2022 final against Germany in Vambali, replaced the decisive spot-kick to seal Vijay, while England’s keeper Hanna Hampton saved two Spain Penalty.
Lionus’s victory was 11.6 million over BBC One – 59% of all TV audiences – also in a match shown on ITV.
The BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app had additional 4.2 million sections of the match, while the live page of BBC Sport had 11.4 million times.
Overall, the BBC’s TV coverage of the tournament reached 22.1 million audiences and had a total of 231 million views in the social media accounts of BBC Sport.
“This was a historic moment in the history of the final game,” said the BBC director of the Sport Alex Kelsky.
“The kind of people who remember the people will remember in the same way when they were watching it.
“The incredible lioness took us on an emotional rollercaster, and millions from beginning to end on BBC coverage – from post -last analysis after a live streaming match to millions to millions of people reached our live page and a large number of young audiences on social media.”
