Business Performance @Atlassian | UCLA Anderson - NUS eMBA candidate | ex-Accenture | ex-Capgemini |
⚽ The #Women's #Soccer #WorldCup2023 was probably the #ChatGPT moment for Australian 🇦🇺 sport! While the Matildas' run came to an end this weekend, they managed to stop the nation and #change the nation forever! Here're are some staggering statistics that prove why it is:- # The Matildas' Women's World Cup semifinal against England has created history by becoming the most-watched TV program since the current audience measurement system began in 2001 # The round-of-16 match against Denmark reached 6.54 million people on the free-to-air Seven Network, more than the country's biggest showpieces in 2022: the National Rugby League and Australian Football League grand finales, the two sports Australia is fanatical about. From the NewYorker article:- # In Melbourne, officials opened the grounds of the Australian Open and of Australian Rules stadiums, and people sat in the stands, in front of empty fields, watching soccer on the big screens. This World Cup has also brought new heights for women’s soccer globally, not just for its hosts. # At various points, thirteen million people in Brazil watched their team play a single match # Ten million in Germany watched theirs; and, # In China, fifty-four million people watched their team’s last group game. # Almost as many people in England watched the match against Australia, at 11 a.m. local time, as had watched their own Euros semifinal. # Teams from Haiti, Nigeria, and Colombia held or beat the top teams of Europe. # More Americans watched the U.S.’s matches at this World Cup, until the 4 time World Champions was knocked out. "Soccer can change the world" but this year's WWC was a phenomenon; and it showed #Australia what a strong potential it has to change the sporting balance in this country. Let this statement sum up the fever - people who never followed Soccer watched many of the matches in this WWC and supported the #Matidas all the way. https://lnkd.in/grygSmWa
