England's Euros final loss watched by 19.3m across ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
Italy, Germany, France, Croatia and England were among the sides beaten by Spain on their way to the title
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England's Euro 2024 final defeat by Spain on Sunday was watched across the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ by a peak of 19.3 million people, with an average audience of 17.9 million.
The match, which was also shown on ITV, brought in a peak TV audience of 17.8m on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One with a TV audience share of 63%.
Mikel Oyarzabal scored a late winner in Berlin to secure a 2-1 win for the Spanish, who became men's European champions for a record fourth time.
Meanwhile, it was a second successive European Championship final loss for Gareth Southgate's side.
England's game was also streamed 7.6 million times on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport website.
A peak audience of 24.2 million watched the game across ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and ITV, with the figures well down on the Euro 2020 final when England lost on penalties to Italy - which had a peak of more than 30 million.
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Earlier on Sunday, the Wimbledon men's singles final between Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic of Serbia peaked at 7.5 million on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One.
The match, won in straight sets by Alcaraz, was also streamed live 3.3 million times on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport.
Saturday's women's final, where Barbora Krejcikova beat Jasmine Paolini, had a TV peak of 4.1 million and was streamed 1.9 million times - an increase from last year’s women’s final.
"These huge figures demonstrate that the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is the place audiences turn to when it comes to the big moments," said Alex Kay-Jelski, director of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport.
"We offer something unique across multiple ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport platforms and it’s a privilege to bring these incredible sporting moments to fans, even if the result doesn’t always go the way you want.
"All roads now lead to Paris for the second half of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s summer of sport."
The Olympics start on 26 July, with the Paralympics following from 28 August.