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Infantino confirmed the success of the tournament
Today, Monday, a press release revealed a big surprise about public participation in the World Cup in America, Canada and Mexico.
Many crises erupted before the World Cup This led some to expect fans to refrain from attending matches, but the current situation defies all those expectations.
The newspaper said:Brand:“The biggest surprise of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, apart from showing teams like Cape Verde on the pitch, is undoubtedly the huge stadium crowds.
Every stadium, regardless of the time and type of match, looks at its best with packed fans. FIFA’s data leave no room for doubt. Before yesterday’s matches, on Sunday, the total number of fans entering the stadium reached 2,307,947 fans. That is, an average of 64,110 spectators per game, and the occupancy rate is 99.54%. This is a truly amazing number.
“Packed stadiums, full cities, countries full of fans enjoying and celebrating the passion of soccer, the passion of this sport, fans filling stadiums, fan zones, festivals and gatherings to watch the games in the United States, Canada and Mexico, but also around the world… So the 48-team World Cup is truly a huge success,” FIFA’s first public statement said.
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It is true that the more matches there are, the greater the total attendance at the stadiums, however, some records rival those of any World Cup held to date.
For example, 281,223 fans filled the stands for four group stage matches in one day (France-Senegal, Iraq-Norway, Argentina-Algeria and Austria-Jordan); That means it was the most people in one day since June 28, 1994, which also included four matches and an attendance of 277,070 and was also in the United States.
The next goal within reach is to surpass the total number of fans at the 1994 World Cup in the United States of America, which was 3.5 million; For example, during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the total number of fans in stadiums reached 3.4 million, with an average attendance of 96.3% of stadium capacity. These numbers are also exceeded in this tournament.
There is no doubt that this is helped by the presence of large communities of different nationalities from around the world, but the number of fans in the stadiums at any FIFA World Cup match remains surprising.
New Zealand-Egypt drew 52,497 in Vancouver, Belgium-Iran drew 70,317 in Inglewood, Tunisia-Japan drew 51,243 in Monterrey and Ecuador-Curaçao to name a few of the lesser known 59 days. in Kansas City.
But it is clear that the World Cup brings together not only fans who come to watch their country; For example, in the match between Portugal and DR Congo, tens of thousands of fans from the USA and other countries gathered at the NRG Stadium wearing Portugal jerseys with the number “7” of Cristiano Ronaldo.
And all this despite the extremely high ticket prices. In order to get a ticket to participate in the matches of the group stage, it remains only to apply for the remaining VIP packages. Its starting price was about 500 dollars. Except for the cheaper tickets allocated to the federations, getting a match ticket has become a very tedious task.
