Spanish fans cheer for their team while watching the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina on giant screens in Barcelona, Sunday, July 19, 2026. The match is being played in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Around the world, soccer fans are gathering in homes, stadium plazas, and public viewing venues to watch the World Cup and share in the excitement of the tournament.
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People watch a live projection of the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina on a rooftop in Tavros, suburb of Athens, Greece, Sunday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)A fan reacts to Spain’s victory over Argentina in the World Cup final soccer match at a fan gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)Spanish fans cheer for their team while watching the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina on giant screens in central Madrid, Sunday, July 19, 2026. The match is being played in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Argentina supporters gather to follow their national team playing against Spain in the 2026 Soccer World Cup final being played in New York, in Rome, Sunday, July 19, 2026.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Fans celebrate after Spain beat Argentina in the World Cup final soccer match, Sunday, July 19, 2026, at the FIFA Fan Zone on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Fans gather for a watch party in Central Park ahead of the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and Spain, Sunday, July 19, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Anna Connors)Fans climb on to a bus stop during celebrations of Argentina’s victory over England in a World Cup semifinal soccer match in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Fans celebrate Argentina’s victory over England in a World Cup semifinal soccer match around the Obelisk in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Rikers Island inmates react as they watch the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina, at the jail complex in New York, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)England soccer fans celebrate during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina at The Clock pub in Hebburn, England, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, soldiers react as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Spain after after a mission on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)Spanish fans celebrate in central Madrid after Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal scores the opening goal on a penalty kick during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Spain in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Fans watch the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Argentina and Switzerland through the window of a restaurant displaying a poster of Argentina’s Lionel Messi in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)England soccer fans sing along with music as they gather to support their team on the eve of their quarterfinal World Cup soccer match against Norway, Friday, July 10, 2026, at The Clevelander on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)French fans react as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between France and Morocco, Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Belgium fans watch the quarterfinal World Cup soccer match between Belgium and Spain, in Brussels, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)Fans watch the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Colombia and Switzerland on a terrace rooftop in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastian Barros)A Morocco fan holds a flare in his mouth after the team lost the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between France and Morocco, Thursday, July 9, 2026, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)Fans watch the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Argentina and Cape Verde in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Palestinians watch a live broadcast of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Egypt in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Egyptian fans, including Faten Moussa, center in blue, react towards the end of a World Cup soccer game against Argentina, in New York, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Fans watch a World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the United States and Belgium at the KC Live! entertainment district Monday, July 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Fans gather around a burning flare as the prepare to watch large screens in a park in Sydney, Saturday, July 4, 2026, as Australia and Egypt play in their World Cup round of 32 soccer match. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)Fans watching on a big screen in Lisbon, Portugal, react after VAR disallowed a second goal by Croatia in the last minute of the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Portugal and Croatia, Friday, July 3, 2026 . (AP Photo/Armando Franca)Spanish fans gathered in central Madrid celebrate Mikel Oyarzabal’s goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Spain and Austria in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)Bosnian national team soccer fans react as they watch a broadcast of the FIFA World Cup round of 32 soccer match between the United States and Bosnia, at a fan zone in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)Soccer fans get revved up at a watch party on Reforma Ave., near the Angel of Independence monument, for the World Cup soccer match between Mexico and Ecuador, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Iranian fans celebrate after Iran appeared to score against Egypt, before the goal was later disallowed by VAR, while watching a live broadcast of the teams’ World Cup Group G match at the Book Garden bookstore converted into a World Cup viewing venue in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A Jordanian soccer fan wearing a traditional keffiyeh and draped in national flags watches the FIFA World Cup Group J match between Jordan and Argentina on a large screen at the Roman Amphitheater in downtown Amman, Jordan, early Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)Fans watch a broadcast of the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Turkey at the beach boardwalk in Santa Cruz, Calif., Thursday, June 25, 2026, (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Senegal fans follow a World Cup soccer match between Senegal and Iraq at the Place de la Nation fan zone in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)Fans watch a live broadcast of a World Cup soccer match between the U.S. and Australia from a pool at the Circa Resort & Casino, Friday, June 19, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Cape Verde supporters celebrate their side’s second goal as they watch the World Cup Group H soccer match between Uruguay and Cape Verde at a restaurant at a Cape Verde community in Brockton, Mass. near Boston, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Russell Collins, 8, holds a yellow card while watching a live broadcast in Houston of a FIFA World Cup soccer match between the US and Australia, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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