Europa League final: 8.24 million viewers in Germany, England, Italy, France, and Spain

AFC Ajax (Eredivisie) - Manchester United FC (Premier League), 0-2, the 2016-17 Europa League final at the Friends Arena (50,653 capacity) in Solna (near Stockholm, Sweden), drew a cumulative total of 8.244 million viewers on average in the countries of Germany, England, Italy, France, and Spain, on Wednesday, 24/05/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET).

The final was broadcast on free-TV channels in Germany, England, Italy, and France, but only on the pay-TV channel beIN Sports in Spain.

Germany

• The free-TV channel Sport1 drew 1.93 million viewers on average, for an audience share of 7.1%.
  • The final was also available live on the pay-TV channel Sky Deutschland, which did not release its figures.

England

• The pay-TV channel BT Sport Europe drew 1.879 million subscribers on average, for an audience share of 10.3%.
• BT Sport Showcase, a free-TV channel in the BT Sport group, adrew 332,000 viewers, for an audience share of 1.8%.

Italy

• The free-TV channel TV8, drew 2.074 million viewers on average, for an audience share of 8.6%.
  • This ranked the channel of the Italian…