By the numbers: Everything it took to put on FIFA World Cup 2026

FIFA World Cup 2026 is now in the books and it was no easy feat to put on.

FIFA shared the numbers behind what made this sporting event one for the record books.

FIFA World Cup 2026 logistics:

• 39 days event
• Event stretched across three countries in North America
• 16 host cities
• 48 team base camps
• 645 official sites
• Nearly 300,000 accredited personnel
• 1,248 players
• Cumulative stadium attendance of more than 6.8 million fans

FIFA World Cup 2026 workforce:

• More than 43,000 volunteers
• 73,700 accredited security personnel
• Workforce representing 104 different nationalities
• Security operations alone involved more than one million shifts, while accreditation systems processed over five million scans across tournament sites

FIFA World Cup 2026 technology and media:

• International Broadcast Center in Dallas accommodated thousands of personnel and supporting coverage of every match
• Throughout tournament, production teams deployed 5,000 cameras
• More than 24,000 content items produced

FIFA World Cup 2026 food statistics:

• Across the 39-day competition, nearly 675,000 hot dogs were sold inside stadiums
• More than 4.6 million soft drinks and bottled waters consumed by fans
• Over 5.5 million beers consumed

FIFA Fan Festival statistics:

• More than 9 million visitors welcomed at Fan Festivals across North America
• FIFA’s Know Before You Go communications program distributed more than 2,300 WhatsApp messages and 7.7 million emails