World Cup Attendance Record Falls on Messi Hat-Trick Day

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World Cup Attendance Record Falls on Messi Hat-Trick Day

World Cup matches set a single-day attendance record with 281,223 fans, topping the 277,070 mark from the 1994 tournament hosted by the U.S. One match was Argentina-Algeria, where Lionel Messi started and scored a hat-trick. The new record came during the expanded 2026 edition, co-hosted by the U.S., Mexico and Canada, underlining the tournament’s massive North American pull.

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