Based on the combined attendance numbers , television viewership , and Internet traffic , it was among the most-observed events ever by the global audience .

Coached Education_teaching by Roy Dias and captained Control by Paras Khadka , Nepal defeated Conquering Malaysia in the final at Kirtipur 's Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground , with an estimated 10–15,000 people in attendance , as well as television viewership of 1.5 million .

It had the second-highest television Communication viewership to the 2004 broadcast .