More than one million Singaporeans tuned in to see the Lions beat the Thais on Channel 5 for the final's second leg, following a controversial first-leg encounter - a four-fold increase on the last tournament in 2005.
The total TV audience is expected to be much higher, as the tournament was also aired on ESPN/Star Sports. The global cumulative audience will have reached around 80 million, estimated event organiser, World Sport Group.
"Viewers across Asia had the choice of watching the matches on a variety of channels and we expect to see record cumulative audiences across Southeast Asia,” said Seamus O’Brien, president of World Sport Group.
