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FIFA World Cup 2026 Breaks Single Day Attendance Record

Published 17 June 2026

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has set a new single-day attendance record, with 281,223 fans passing through turnstiles on Tuesday, June 16, the global football governing body announced. The figure surpasses the previous record of 277,070 spectators set on June 28, 1994, during the last World Cup hosted in the United States.

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