MORE than 20 million viewers watched the World Cup Final on BBC 1 and ITV.Both channels showed the match, in which Germany defeated Argentina 1-0 in extra time.

At 10.30pm, 20.5 million viewers were watching. Most viewers watched on BBC1, which drew a peak of 16.7 million, while 3.8 million tuned in at the same time to ITV. ITV attracted its own peak of 3.9 million for the final at a different time of 9.45pm. The match drew an average of 14.9 million - 12.1 million for BBC1 and 2.8 million for ITV.