Europa League: 2,213,000 viewers in France for Besiktas - O. Lyonnais on the W9 (share: 10.2%)

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Besiktas JK (Spor Toto Süper Lig) - Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1), 2-1, the return leg of the quarter-finals of the 2016-17 Europa League, (3-3 across the two matches, Lyon advanced on penalties), drew an average of 2,213,000 viewers in France on the private, free-TV channel W9 on Thursday, 20/04/2017 (kick-off at 21:05 CET).

This figure represented an audience share of 10.2%, and ranked the channel of the Groupe M6 in fourth place in the French television market for prime time on 20/04/2017.

This game also now represents a record audience an Europa League match on the M6 channel, ahead of Olympique Lyonnais - Juventus (Serie A TIM), the first leg quarter-final match of the 2013-14 edition, which drew 2.19 million viewers in France, on 03/04/2014. Audience share: 8.8%.

  • Besiktas - Olympique Lyonnais was also broadcast live in France, on the pay channel beIN Sports 1, whose audience figures have not been communicated.

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