DFB-Pokal: 9.82 million viewers for the Frankfurt - Dortmund final on ARD (audience share: 39%)

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Eintracht Frankfurt (Bundesliga) - Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga), 1-2, the final of the 2016-17 DFB-Pokal at the Olympiastadion in Berlin (GER), drew an average of 9.82 million viewers in Germany on the public, free-TV channel ARD on Saturday, 27/05/2017 (kick-off at 20:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 39%, and enabled ARD to achieve the best performance of the day in the German TV market for 27/05/2017.

This was the lowest audience for a German Cup final since the 2010-11 edition where FC Schalke 04 - MSV Duisburg (5-0), had drawn 7.07 million viewers on ARD on 21/05/2011. FC Bayern Munich - Borussia Dortmund (0-0, 4-3 on penalties), the final of the 2015-16 DFB-Pokal, had drawn 13.79 million viewers on average on ARD on Saturday, 21/05/2016 at 20:00 CET. Audience share: 49.2%.

The 2014-15 final, Borussia Dortmund - VfL Wolfsburg (1-3), had drawn 11.97 million viewers on average on ARD on 30/05/2015.

  • The final was also co-broadcast on one of the pay-TV channels of Sky Deutschland, which did not disclose its audience figures.

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