US viewers up 8 percent for Euro final

Associated Press Sports

updated 3:36 p.m. ET July 3, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Spain's 4-0 win over Italy in the European Championship final drew an audience of 4,068,000 on ESPN, up 8 percent over the 3,761,000 who watched La Furia Roja's 1-0 win against Germany in the 2008 final on ABC.

In addition, 563,000 watched Sunday's final on computers, smart phones, tablets and Xbox, with a minute average of 194,097.

ESPN said Tuesday the 31-game tournament averaged 1.3 million viewers, up 51 percent for the 859,000 average for 2008. Digital viewers averaged 289,000 per game, with an average minute audience of 96,102.

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