France lost to Argentina after a penalty shootout in the 2022 Qatar World Cup final, missing the chance to defend the World Cup champion. However, this game still attracted many French fans to watch.
According to the French newspaper team, according to statistics, the World Cup final attracted an average of 24.08 million viewers on French television station TF1, accounting for 81% of the audience, while some viewers were paid to watch through Byne Sports, which has not yet been counted. The audience peaked at 29.39 million, but during the penalty shootout, it attracted more people, with 29.1 million spectators watching.
The previous record was the 2006 World Cup semi-final in vs Portugal, France, with an average of 22.2 million people watching.