The 2026 World Cup has set a new all-time attendance record for the men’s tournament, surpassing the previous record of 3,587,538 set during the 1994 World Cup – and the group stages have only just ended.

As ever, fans have brought colour and fun to the tournament – from Mexico’s duck mascot to Norway’s Viking rowers, with plenty more in between. Here are a selection of our favourite images of fans at the matches and at watch parties across the globe.

Group A (below): Czechia, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea

Group B (below): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Qatar, Switzerland

Group C (below): Brazil, Haiti, Morocco, Scotland

Group D (below): Australia, Paraguay, Turkey, United States

Group E (below): Côte d’Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Germany

Group F (below): Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Tunisia

Group G (below): Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

Group H (below): Cape Verda, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Uruguay

Group I (below): France, Iraq, Norway, Senegal

Group J (below): Algeria, Austria, Argentina, Jordan

Group K (below): Colombia, DR Congo, Portugal, Uzbekistan

Group L (below): Croatia, England, Ghana, Panama

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