WORLD CUP coverage on RTÉ Two was seen by 3.1 million, while rté.ie’s dedicated World Cup site attracted 5.8 million page impressions.

The World Cup final attracted the highest TV audience of the tournament when an average of 762,200 viewers watched the entire four-hour programme on RTÉ Two, with the audience peaking at over 1.1 million viewers.

Last Sunday’s final attracted higher audiences than the finals of the last two World Cup tournaments, as well as the Euro 2008 final.

This makes it the most popular sports event on Irish television this year, as well as being among the top-five programmes watched on any channel in Ireland.