Routine victory over Sweden at the Olympic quarter-final, was one of the most watched handball matches on TV. With the exception of the opening match, all matches in the Olympics had at least 1.1 million TV viewers. In Tuesday’s game against Sweden was average at 1.326 million with a maximum of 1.5 million. During this time was 3 of 4 Norwegian TV screens tuned to TV 2.
– We had expected high ratings on this game, but that they should be so high we could not dream of. This shows once again the handball girls its unique position among television viewers. Now we are absolutely delighted to semifinal broadcast on TV2 night until Friday. 01.30. It will be the biggest night broadcast on TV 2. One night in addition to handball game also contains Henrik Ingebrigtsen’s semifinal at 1500 meters and the finals at 200 meters, says TV2’s communications manager Jan-Petter Dahl.
