The FIFA Fan Festivals reached a new milestone during the group stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026: in just 17 days, the event attracted more than 5.5 million visitors – the highest group-stage attendance since the premiere edition in Germany in 2006. On 24 June alone, 537,235 fans flocked to the festival venues.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup™, which takes place in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand this year, will feature FIFA Fan Festivals in all nine Host Cities. The successful event format goes far beyond sport to offer all fans a fun destination to watch all World Cup matches together on big screens, in addition to enjoying the best of music, entertainment, local culture and cuisine.
On 18 December, not only did the grand World Cup final take place in Doha, but the successful FIFA Fan Festival also closed its doors: many years of conception and preparation and work-intensive weeks of implementation on site have more than paid off: since the opening on 19 November, the 145,000-square-metre venue has been visited daily by an average of 70,000 fans from all over the world, who have taken advantage of the wide-ranging offer.
On 2 December, the FIFA Fan Festival™ already attracted one million visitors in its first two weeks! Fans from all over the world have been celebrating a peaceful big football party together in front of the impressive setting at Al Bidda Park in Doha since the opening on 19 November.
On Saturday evening, the gates to the FIFA Fan Festival™ opened at Al Bidda Park in Doha on 19 November, one day before the first match of the 2022™ FIFA World Cup.
Coca-Cola will host an International FIFA Fan Festival in Riyadh. This makes the capital of Saudi Arabia the seventh place where fans can experience an extraordinary football festival and connect with the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The FIFA Fan Festival goes global! If not all fans can come to the FIFA World Cup, bring the FIFA World Cup to the fans! Six cities will host International FIFA Fan Festivals across the globe to bring the FIFA World Cup 2022 to the doorstep of fans.
11 cities, 917 hours of live football, 646 bands, 323 hours of live music, 7.7 million visitors, free of charge and a peaceful celebration – numbers speak a definite language.
Successful start to the FIFA Fan Fest™ on Sunday: around 25,000 people visited Moscow’s FIFA Fan Fest™ on its opening day, 10th of June, when fans were thrilled by the vibrant music line-up and the presence of French FIFA World Cup™ champion Marcel Desailly and Russia’s all-time top scorer Aleksandr Kerzhakov.
With just a few weeks left, the FIFA World Cup 2018 kicks off and preparations are in full swing, including for the planned FIFA Fan Fest.
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