Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

11 venues across 2 host nations for the selected years. Capacity, altitude, opening year, tournament appearances. Click any row to query the underlying API (GET /stadiums/{id}).

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Host countries

1900

Oldest

Estadio Gran Parque Central

1933

Newest

Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

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Venues used in 1930, 1934 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

11 venues

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Capacity:<25%25-45%45-65%65-85%≥85%·Marker size also scales with capacity

Highest-altitude venues

Estadio Azteca's 2,287m made 1986 famous. Toluca tops out higher.

1.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
2.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
3.
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste, Italy
78 m
cap 8,000
4.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279
5.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
51 m
cap 47,290
6.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
32 m
cap 50,000
7.
Estadio Pocitos
Montevideo, Uruguay
30 m
cap 1,000
8.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
29 m
cap 90,000
9.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
28 m
cap 20,000
10.
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa, Italy
26 m
cap 36,599

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1934

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
3.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
4.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3)
5.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
6.
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli
Naples, Italy
2 matches
1934 (2)
7.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
2 matches
1934 (2), 1990
8.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
2 matches
1934 (2)
9.
Estadio Pocitos
Montevideo, Uruguay
2 matches
1930 (2)
10.
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa, Italy
1 match
1934 (1), 1990
11.
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste, Italy
1 match
1934 (1)

GET /matches?year=… (count grouped by stadiumId)

Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

GET /stadiums (group by floor(opened / 10) × 10)

Stadiums by host country

2 countries have hosted matches

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Goals per match by stadium altitude

Does the air thin out the defense? Bands aligned with FIFA altitude-acclimatization thresholds.

Sea level (<200m)

3.94g/m

130 goals · 33 matches · 10 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.00g/m

10 goals · 2 matches · 1 venue

goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band

All venues

Sort:WC appearances Capacity Altitude Opening year Name

Stadium	Country	Capacity	Altitude	Opened	WC editions
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna	Italy	38,279	64 m	1927	1934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa	Italy	36,599	26 m	1911	1934, 1990
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930