FIFA World Cup 2022 Final Jio Cinema gets 32 million viewers

The FIFA World Cup 2022 ended with a resounding victory for Argentina. The final match was played between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Sunday. It is being told that 3.2 crore viewers watched this match in India through digital medium. In India, the FIFA World Cup was being streamed digitally on OTT platform Jio Cinema. Jio Cinema said that viewers spent a total of 40 billion minutes watching the Football World Cup on Sports18 and JioCinema platforms.

The final match played on Sunday was very interesting. Argentina won the title by defeating France 4–2 in the penalty shootout. This was Argentina’s first victory since 1986. Till the scheduled time of the match, both the teams remained tied with 2 goals each. Then the match was tied with 3-3 goals in extra time. Ultimately the decision was taken by penalty shootout and Argentina won.

According to media reports, more than 11 crore viewers watched the live match on digital platforms. It had the highest number of viewers from India. In this way, India became the market with the highest digital audience for the FIFA World Cup. The special thing is that the Football World Cup was a tournament in which India did not participate. Despite this, the interest of the Indian audience in watching football remained strong.

However, at the beginning of this event, the audience had to face technical problems with Jio Cinema. Due to buffering, it became difficult for Indian fans to stream the opening ceremony. Users had also criticized a lot on Twitter for providing poor streaming. There was no buffering problem in the subsequent matches and people enjoyed the matches thoroughly. This is the reason why a record of 3.2 crore viewers was created in the final match.