Copa del Rey: FC Barcelona - Atlético draws 2 million viewers in 45 countries on Facebook Live

FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) - Club Atlético de Madrid (Laliga Santander), 1-1, the second leg semi-final match of the 2016-17 Copa del Rey (Barcelona advanced 3-2 on aggregate) drew 2 million viewers in 45 countries via the streaming application of Facebook Live, on Tuesday, 07/02/2017 at 21:00 CET.

The webcast, conducted in partnership with the broadcaster Mediapro, was available on the Facebook page of LaLiga in 45 territories where the Copa Del Rey is not broadcast. In Spain, the matches were available on the free-TV channel of Mediapro, Gol, and on the Facebook page of the channel, which drew 50% of this audience, one million people, for this semi-final match.

The first leg match of the semi-final tie, Atlético Madrid - FC Barcelona (1-2), had drawn 2.5 million viewers via Facebook Live, on Wednesday, 01/02/2017 at 21:00. "The match was watched by nearly 2 million viewers in Europe, 250,000 in the Americas, and 146,000 in Asia and Oceania," stated LaLiga on 02/02/2017.

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