Australian’s were up late and early yet again, cheering on our boys in Green and Gold, as the second match for the Socceroos took place in Porto Alegre. The broadcast of the match saw total dominance of its timeslot with a Metro FTA Share of 76.9%, a Regional FTA Share of 71.8% and a peak audience of 871,000 (Metro + Regional)

The match, which averaged 769,000 early morning viewers (626,000 Metro + 143,000 Regional - All Program Averages based on actual whistle times), presented some of Australia’s best football moments, with a left foot goal from Tim Cahill in the 21st minute. At one point the Australians were leading, after a penalty was awarded and captain Mile Jedinak took the Socceroos to a 2-1 lead. Just four minutes after the Dutch retaliated, levelling the score, finally winning 3-2 and qualifying to the next phase of the competition.

Next up, the Spaniards took on Chile, with hopes of recovering from their historic loss in their first match. The game averaged 232,000 viewers (186,000 Metro + 46,000 Regional), with a Metro FTA Share of 41.0%, a Regional FTA Shareof 21.8% and a peak audience of 286,000. The match was a 2-0 victory to Chile, knocking the Spanish out and ending their World Cup campaign along with Australia.

Finally, it was the clash between Cameroon and Croatia, which saw a 4-0 win to Croatia, still giving them hope of qualifying to the knock out round. The match averaged 184,000 (136,000 Metro + 47,000 Regional), with a Metro FTA Share of 12.5%, a Regional FTA Share of 7.7% and a peak audience of 218,000.

SBS's coverage of The World Cup has reached 7.68 Million Australians since the coverage began on 12 June. This is+8.3% higher than at the equivalent stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

320,000 Unique Browsers accessed theworldgame.sbs.com.au, yesterday, viewing 271,000 video streams. The World Game World Cup Edition App was the Number 1 App on the Apple App Store in Australia from 14 June to 17 June (Source: App Annie). To date it has been downloaded 259,000 times on iOS and Android