13 July 2026
2026 World Cup Shatters All-Time Attendance Record
The expanded 48-team tournament has already drawn more fans through the gates than the last two World Cups put together, with four matches still to come.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has broken a historic milestone, according to beIN Sports, with overall attendance already surpassing the combined figures from Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, and four matches still remaining.
The tournament's expansion to 48 teams means more games, more matchdays, and clearly, far more supporters filling stadiums across the United States, Canada and Mexico. The record underlines the appetite for football on this scale.
With the two semi-finals, a third-place match and the final still ahead, the attendance figures are expected to climb even further, cementing 2026 as the biggest World Cup in history by that measure.
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