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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -- The overall attendance at the World Cup in South Africa will pass 3 million at Wednesday's semifinal, making it the third highest after the United States in 1994 and Germany in 2006, FIFA said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Total attendances so far have been 2.997 million at 61 games, for an average of 49,134, according to latest figures from soccer's international governing body.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The U.S. tournament 16 years ago drew a record 3.59 million, followed by Germany at the last World Cup with 3.36 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Here in South Africa it is only the third time in the history of the World Cup that we will have passed 3 million,\" FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"That is a resounding success.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Attendance at fan parks inside South Africa, and elsewhere around the world, would top 5 million after Wednesday night's game between Germany and Spain in Durban, he added.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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