Euro 2020 final the most-watched programme on Irish TV this year

Italian players celebrate after winning the Euro 2020 final at Wembley. (Facundo Arrizabalaga/Pool via AP)

The Euro 2020 final was the most-viewed programme on Irish TV so far this year, attracting an average audience of 938,000 on RTÉ2.

The audience peaked at 1.1m viewers at 10.52pm on Sunday night; the moment the penalty shoot-out was decided by Gianluigi Donnarumma's save from Bukayo Saka.

A share of 56% of those watching television were tuned-in to Italy-England on RTÉ2, with 279,000 streams delivered on the RTÉ Player - a new record for the streaming platform.

England featured heavily in the most-watched games of Euro 2020, with their semi-final victory over Denmark, group-stage stalemate with Scotland, and round-of-16 elimination of Germany ranking highest with the Italy-Spain semi-final and France's knockout by Switzerland.

There was an average audience of 308,000 across the 46 games of Euro 2020 on RTÉ2.

The top-five Euro 2020 games on RTÉ TV:

Rank	Round	Match	Average Audience (000s)	Average Share (%)
1.	Final	Italy v England	938	56.4
2.	Semi-Final	England v Denmark	889	60.7
3.	Semi-Final	Italy v Spain	586	41.7
4.	Group Stage	England v Scotland	546	46.4
5.	Round of 16	France v Switzerland	466	37.9

RTÉ Player - Top-five live-streamed matches:

1. Final England v Italy (11th July) 279,000 

2. Semi-final England v Denmark (7th July) 193,000 

3. Semi-final Italy v Spain (6th July) 158,000 

4. R16 England v Germany (29th June) 113,000 

5. R16 France v Switzerland (28th June) 95,000