England closing win is most-watched tv second of 2025

England’s dramatic Euro 2025 closing victory towards Spain was probably the most watched tv second of the 12 months thus far, with a peak reside viewers of 12.2 million throughout all BBC platforms.

Sarina Wiegman’s aspect retained their title by defeating the world champions on penalties after a 1-1 attract Basel, Switzerland.

Chloe Kelly, who had scored the extra-time winner within the Euro 2022 closing towards Germany at Wembley, transformed the decisive spot-kick to seal victory, whereas England keeper Hannah Hampton saved two Spain penalties.

The Lionesses’ victory peaked at 11.6 million on BBC One – 59% of all TV audiences – in a match additionally proven on ITV.

There have been a further 4.2 million streams of the match on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site and app, whereas BBC Sport’s reside web page had 11.4 million views.

General, the BBC’s TV protection of the match reached an viewers of twenty-two.1 million and there have been 231 million complete views throughout BBC Sport’s social media accounts.

“This closing was a landmark second in sporting historical past,” stated BBC director of sport Alex Kay-Jelski.

“The type of second individuals will bear in mind precisely the place they had been once they watched it.

“The unimaginable Lionesses took us on an emotional rollercoaster, and hundreds of thousands had been hooked on BBC protection from begin to end – from reside streaming post-match evaluation to hundreds of thousands following our reside web page and youthful audiences in enormous numbers on social media.”