2018 World Cup: 7.31 million viewers on Rai1 in Italy for Israel - Italy

Israel - Italy (1-3), in Haifa )(SR), in Group G of qualification for the 2018 World Cup, allowed the Italian public channel Rai1 to draw an average of 7.31 million viewers in Italy, on Monday, 05/09/2016 (kick-off at 20:45 CET).

This represented an audience share of 30.4%, and allowed Rai1 to achieve the best performance in the Italian television market for prime time on 05/09/2016.

The Italy-France (1-3) friendly match, at the Stadio San Nicola (58,000 seats) in Bari (ITA), drew an average of 5.542 million viewers on the Italian public broadcaster Rai1, on Thursday, 01/09/2016 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

• Next match for the "Azzurri": Italy - Spain (Group G qualification for the 2018 World Cup), at the Juventus Stadium (Turin), on Thursday, 06/10/2016, kick-off at 20:45 CET Central European Time .

Italy: In April 2014, Rai1 acquired TV rights to the national team's qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup

• The Italian public broadcaster Rai acquired broadcast rights for the Italian national team in the Euro 2016 qualifying rounds (France, 10/06 to 10/07/2016) and in the…