TotalEnergies AFCON 2025: record audience for an AFCON game with Nigeria-Morocco on beIN in France

Nigeria - Morocco (0-0 after extra time, 2-4 on penalties), the second semi-final of the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025, drew an average of 698,000 viewers, with a peak of 858,000 on the pay-TV channel beIN SPORTS 1 in France, on Wednesday 14/01/2026 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie provided by beIN.

This is the best audience ever recorded for an AFCON game broadcast on beIN SPORTS, according to the pay-TV group.

Senegal - Egypt (1-0), the first semi-final of the competition, drew an average of 459,000 viewers, with a peak of 647,000 on beIN SPORTS 1 on the same day (kick-off at 18:00 CET), according to data from Médiamétrie.

The final of the competition between Morocco and Senegal will be broadcast on beIN SPORTS 1 on Sunday 18/01/2026 (kick-off at 20:00 CET).

• In France, the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 is broadcast in full and exclusively on the pay-TV channels of beIN SPORTS.
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