The World Cup group stage wrapped up on Saturday, and listed attendance from matches surpassed 4.6 million as FIFA continues to blow past its record for the most attended World Cup. According to data tracked by SBJ, the World Cup group stages drew 4,644,996 fans and racked up 44 sellouts in 72 matches.
N.Y. N.J. Stadium, which was tied for the most matches with five and has the second-largest capacity of all World Cup venues at 80,663, had the most fans at 403,197 with four sellouts. B.C. Place, which has a capacity of 52,497 and is the fourth-smallest World Cup venue, drew the most sellouts as all five matches were listed as filled. Mexico City Stadium, the largest World Cup stadium by capacity at 80,824 and host site to three matches, maxed out all three matches to sit with the highest average attendance of 80,824. Guadalajara Stadium, the second-smallest venue at 45,664, was the only stadium not to list a sellout, though it still averaged 99.06% capacity with an average of 45,233 fans during its four games.
Among World Cup teams, Ecuador, which played in Philadelphia, K.C. and N.J., finished the group stages with the most fans at 217,982, picking up a pair of sellouts. Uzbekistan (217,840), England (215,035), Brazil (213,465) and Morocco (213,048) rounded out the top five. The USMNT ranked 11th at 207,909, and was one of 11 teams that sold out all three matches. It joined Uzbekistan, Brazil, Morocco, Argentina, Paraguay, Portugal, Haiti, Scotland, Turkiye and Australia.
