Qatar 2022: record audiences in the US and for the final in France, sharp decline in Germany

Audience figures for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were eagerly anticipated, both due to the timing of the competition (which was held at the end of the year for the first time, from 20/11 to 18/12/2022) and to calls for a boycott in Europe for various reasons (fatalities on the construction sites, LGBT rights, environmental issues).

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