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Record Attendance: 91,553 Watch Women’s Game In Barcelona

Mar 30, 2022, 1:44 PM
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Caroline Graham Hansen of FC Barcelona celebrates with teammates Marta Torrejon (L) and Alexia Putellas of FC Barcelona (R) after scoring their team's fifth goal during the UEFA Women's Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou on March 30, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images)
(Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) β€” A world-record crowd for a women’s soccer match of more than 91,000 people watched Barcelona defeat Real Madrid 5-2 in the Champions League at the Camp Nou Stadium.

Organizers said 91,553 people were in attendance in Barcelona.

The previous record for any women’s game was 90,185 for the 1999 World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl.

At the 2012 Olympic final in London there were 80,203 people as the United States defeat Japan 2-1 to win the gold medal.

The previous club record was 60,739 in a Spanish league match between AtlΓ©tico Madrid and Barcelona at AtlΓ©tico’s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in 2019.

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