Cologne - Who would have thought? Handball front speakers before soccer! In 2007, King played football, only the third fiddle. At least as far as the TV ratings.
The World Cup final of the German handball against Poland in the Cologne Arena 16.16 million fans in front of the monitor screens. In second place is box-pensioner Henry) mask with his comeback fight against Virgil Hill (16.07 million viewers.
The football players come to the Czech Republic international match against Germany (13.21 million, see-click-box) on third place this time out - quite a bitter defeat for the other street sweeper.
Handball coach Heiner Brand today still raves about by the unique atmosphere at the World Championships in Cologne: "I had hoped that skips the spark, but one could expect not. the whole country has indeed quasi mitgefiebert with us, we have felt, how much were the people behind us. "
The Cologne cult band Hoehner ends in January and then with her World Cup song, "If not now, when?" A mega-hit, which can be found for weeks topped the charts. Handball - the winning sport 2007th
Brand: "That's an incredible story for our sport. Since the World Cup there has been a real boom, the clubs can hardly escape from new applications. "
The last time that ever a sporting event outside of football made it into the top ten hit list of TV-managed quota was 2004: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens, finished in last place after nine matches.
Also, the Formula 1 benefits from the ailing football and created the first time since 2003, the leap into the top ten - and that in year one after quota king Michael Schumacher. The season finale in Brazil followed on 21 October at RTL 11,10 million viewers.
