BBC One thrashed rivals ITV in the 2014 World Cup Final ratings, overnight data reveals.
Match of the Day's coverage - which included Alan Hansen's final appearance - was seen by an average of 12.09 million and an audience share of 50.3% from 7pm. It peaked at 16.11m at around 10pm.
Germany's victory over Argentina on ITV scored just 2.82m (12.0%) at 7pm on average, with a peak of 3.64m (13.0%) at 10pm.
Earlier on BBC One, Countryfile appealed to 4.50m (28.3%) at 6pm.
On BBC Two, Richard Gere film Shall We Dance? brought in 1.28m (5.3%) at 7.30pm. A repeat of The Night Watch was seen by 853,000 (3.1%) at 9pm.
On Channel 4, 1997 classic Titanic attracted 850k (3.4%) at 7pm (121k/0.5% on +1).
Channel 5's Big Brother continued with 800k (2.8%) at 9pm (128k/0.5%).
On ITV2, The Only Way Is Essex entertained 498k (1.9%) at 10pm (162k/1.3%).
