Record 2.9 Million Viewers Tune In for Argentina-Chile Copa America Centenario Final on FS1
Los Angeles – Chile’s 4-2 shootout win over Argentina in the final of the 2016 COPA AMERICA CENTENARIO: CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE AMERICAS delivered 2,979,000 viewers on FS1 Sunday night, according to Nielsen Media Research. The match ranks as the most-watched men’s soccer match not involving the U.S. National Team ever on FS1 or the FOX broadcast network.
The Argentines’ quest to end a 23-year major trophy drought against reigning champions Chile felt short for the second year in a row in a match that lasted 120 minutes before going into penalty kicks. The match peaked at nearly 3.7 million viewers from 10:30-10:53 PM ET, as Chile clinched its second consecutive Copa America title.
The 2016 COPA AMERICA CENTENARIO has now produced the top five men’s soccer audiences in FS1 history with Sunday’s championship final ranking fourth. The record for most-watched men’s soccer match in FS1 history was set June 21 when the Americans faced No. 1-ranked Argentina, a match seen by 3.290 million viewers.
Digitally, more than 11.6 million minutes of Sunday’s final were streamed on FOX Sports GO, marking the platform’s highest ever minutes consumption for a single event, beating out Game 1 of the 2015 World Series (10.7 million minutes streamed). Overall, the COPA AMERICA CENTENARIO is the highest-performing soccer event in FOX Sports GO history, beating out the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup in every video metric, including unique streamers and minutes streamed.
