By Ben Morse, CNNUpdated 0829 GMT (1629 HKT) July 15, 2022 Belgium's Tessa Wullaert runs at France's Wendie Renard.(CNN)The overall attendance record for the Women's European Championship has been broken by the 2022 edition — and there's still 15 games to go.
The 8,173 people who attended France's 2-1 victory over Belgium at the New York Stadium in Rotherham on Thursday took the overall attendance for the Women's Euro 2022 to 248,075.
That surpasses the previous record of 240,055 set at the 2017 finals in the Netherlands — and we're still only in the group stages.
Across the first 16 games of Euro 2022, the average attendance has been 15,505. Supporters of France celebrate after Les Bleues scores against Belgium.The tournament began at a record-setting pace, beating the single-game attendance record for the competition in the very first game: 68,871 fans watched host England beat Austria in the opener at Old Trafford in Manchester.Read MoreThe previous biggest crowd was 41,301 when Germany beat Norway in the final of Euro 2013 in Sweden.