USA win over Italy draws more than 700,000 social media live views

CAIRO (FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017) - Fans are flocking to social media channels to watch the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 with the United States' victory over Italy drawing more than 700,000 views.

The enormous audience figure represents the collective views of the Group D game, which was multicasted on FIBA's YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts. But it was also shown on media like UNILAD, crowd-sourced sports commentary platforms like Spalk and national federations' social media channels like USA Basketball's Facebook.

You can re-watch the game here.

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