The record for single-day attendance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup was broken on Tuesday

Tuesday’s four World Cup matches attracted a combined 281,223 fans, breaking the 32-year-old single-day tournament record.

The previous figure of 277,070, also for four matches, was set in the United States on June 28, 1994.

Tuesday’s total came on an action-packed day that included matches between France and Senegal (80,545 fans in East Rutherford, NJ), Argentina and Algeria (69,045 in Kansas City, Missouri), Austria and Jordan (68,527 in Santa Clara, California) and Iraq and Norway (63,106 in Santa Clara, California). Foxborough, Massachusetts)

The total attendance over six days is 1,309,652 (65,483 average), putting the tournament on course to break the 1994 cumulative attendance record of 3.5 million, according to FIFA.

«Wow! 281,223 fans in the FIFA World Cup stadiums today – the most attended day in the competition’s history!» Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, said in a statement.

«June 16, 2026 will go down in FIFA World Cup history! I can’t thank our fans enough for bringing colour, atmosphere and emotion to this tournament. The most inclusive FIFA World Cup 2026 continues to show how much ⁠our game is loved and how football unites the world!»

Tuesday’s highlights included a hat-trick from Argentina legend Lionel Messi and two goals from superstars Kylian Mbappe of France and Erling Haaland of Norway.

Published on June 17, 2026