Matches of significant interest are highlighted in blue. Click on the link to view a real time graph of the rise and fall in consumption during these games.
Surges from first round matches are shown on an archive page. The top 5 power surges from the first round are also shown at the bottom of this page.
| World Cup Match |
Date |
Time of match |
Time of Surge |
Power Surge |
Equates no of kettles being switched on |
| Germany -v- Sweden |
24 June |
16:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
200MW
n/a |
80,000
n/a |
| Argentina -v- Mexico |
24 June |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time
Extra Time -HT
Extra Time -FT |
n/a
600MW
n/a
n/a |
n/a
240,000
n/a
n/a |
| England -v- Ecuador |
25 June |
16:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
1600MW
1000MW |
640,000
400,000 |
| Portugal -v- Holland |
25 June |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
500MW
950MW |
200,000
380,000 |
| Italy -v- Australia |
26 June |
16:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
200MW
250MW |
80,000
100,000 |
| Switzerland -v- Ukraine |
26 June |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time
Extra Time-HT
Extra Time-FT
Penalties |
300MW
140MW
n/a
n/a
n/a |
120,000
56,000
n/a
n/a
n/a |
| Brazil -v- Ghana |
27 June |
16:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
290MW
30MW |
116,000
12,000 |
| Spain -v- France |
27 June |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
560MW
380MW |
224,000
152,000 |
| Germany -v- Argentina |
30 June |
16:00 |
Half Time
Full Time
Extra Time
Penalties |
300MW
450MW
120MW
450MW |
120,000
180,000
50,000
120,000 |
| Italy -v- Ukraine |
30 June |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
500MW
n/a |
200,000
n/a |
| England -v- Portugal |
1st July |
16:00 |
Half Time
Full Time
Extra Time
Penalties |
1250MW
800MW
400MW
1950MW |
500,000
320,000
160,000
780,000 |
| Brazil -v- France |
1st July |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
250MW
150MW |
100,000
60,000 |
| Germany -v- Italy |
4th July |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time
Extra Time |
100MW
900MW
250MW |
40,000
360,000
100,000 |
| France -v- Portugal |
5th July |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
700MW
700MW |
280,000
280,000 |
|
Portugal -v- Germany |
8th July |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
310MW
240MW |
124,000
96,000 |
World Cup Final
France -v- Italy |
9 July |
19:00 |
Half Time
Full Time
Extra Time-HT
Extra Time-FT
Penalties |
850MW
710MW
260MW
480MW
1060MW |
340,000
284,000
104,000
192,000
424,000 |
| World Cup Match |
Date |
Time of match |
Time of Surge |
Power Surge |
Equates no of kettles being switched on |
| England -v- Paraguay |
10 June |
14:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
870MW
600MW |
340,000
240,000 |
|
| Italy -v- Ghana |
12 June |
20:00 |
Full Time |
550MW |
220,000 |
|
| England -v- Trinidad & Tobago |
15 June |
17:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
1200MW
1400MW |
480,000
560,000 |
|
| Sweden -v- England |
20 June |
20:00* |
Half Time
Full Time |
1800MW
1600MW |
720,000
640,000 |
| Croatia -v- Australia |
22 June |
20:00 |
Half Time
Full Time |
600MW
400MW |
240,000
160,000 |
|
* The Sweden v England match was played at the same time as Paraguay v Trinidad & Tobago