A record 281,223 fans attended World Cup matches on Tuesday, setting the highest single-day attendance in the tournament's history, said world football authority FIFA.

FIFA said the total surpassed the previous record of 277,070 spectators set on June 28, 1994, which also featured four matches.

The governing body said the record was achieved across four group-stage games: France versus Senegal, Iraq versus Norway, Argentina versus Algeria, and Austria versus Jordan.

FIFA said total attendance after six days of competition had reached nearly 1.31 million, with matches drawing an average of almost 65,500 spectators.