Soccer has always been far more popular on the world stage than here in the U.S. Sunday's soccer World Cup Final between Italy and France drew 16.9 million American viewers , a 152 percent surge over 2002 and 31 percent higher than 1998. By U.S. standards, this is considered a huge television success. It's close to number of viewers who tuned in to watch the NBA Finals and the World Series, but still far less than the All-Star game and the Superbowl.
2006 World Cup Final - 16.9 million (American viewers)
2006 NBA Finals - 12-13 million (avg)
NCAA Basketball title game: Florida and UCLA -17.5 million
2005 World Series: White Sox vs. Houston - 17.1 million (avg)
1999 Women's World Cup Final: U.S. vs. China - 17.9 million
2006 All-Star Game - 31 million
2006 Superbowl: Pittsburgh vs. Seattle - 91 million
2006 World Cup worldwide viewership - estimated 300 million to one billion
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