For both, the list now includes: every match of the tournament involving the senior Australian representative team; the tournament final; and qualifying matches involving the senior Australian representative team that are played in Australia.

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will go down in history as a tournament that captured the hearts and minds of the Australian public. On their way to a fourth-place finish, the Matildas became a team for the entire country to get behind, every moment of every match watched by millions around the nation.

Each match became appointment viewing, with the Matildas’ semi-final against England becoming one of the most watched free-to-air broadcasts of all time. An astonishing 7.13 million people watched it on Seven and 7Plus, and that estimate doesn’t include clubs, pubs and other public spaces or those who turned to Optus Sport.

Meanwhile, the quarter-final win over France, sealed in a dramatic penalty shootout, was viewed by a national audience of 4.9 million Australians according to VOZ figures, ratings agency OzTAM’s new measurement system.