Overnight a total of 1.5 million Australians tuned into SBS to watch the Socceroos crash out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Bert van Marwijk's men couldn't put away their chances as Peru ran home 2-0 winners In Sochi, relegating the Socceroos to last place in Group C. France and Denmark progress to the Round of 16.
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Australia's last group match delivered SBS 67.2% metro FTA share and 52.6% regional FTA share.
The live broadcast of the match averaged 1.029 million (842,000 metro and 187,000 regional), peaking at 1.2 million toward the end of the first half, not long after André Carrillo scored Peru's first World Cup goal in 36 years, and before Australia's Tim Cahill and Daniel Arzani even took to the pitch.
To date, SBS's coverage of World Cup, including 31 live matches, 12 match replays, pre- and post-match analysis and daily highlights program, has reached 7.9 million Australians.
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