Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

29 venues across 3 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

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Oldest

Parc des Princes

1990

Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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Venues used in 1930, 1934, 1938, 1990 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

29 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 delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
2.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
3.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
4.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
5.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
6.
Stadio Friuli
Udine, Italy
115 m
cap 41,652
7.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
8.
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste, Italy
78 m
cap 8,000
9.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279
10.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
62 m
cap 58,270

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1934, 1938, 1990

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
9 matches
1934 (3), 1990 (6)
3.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
7 matches
1934 (3), 1990 (4)
4.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
5.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
6 matches
1934 (2), 1990 (4)
6.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
7.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
8.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
9.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
10.
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa, Italy
5 matches
1934 (1), 1990 (4)
11.
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Verona, Italy
4 matches
1990 (4)
12.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998

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Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

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

Stadiums by host country

3 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)

3.25g/m

309 goals · 95 matches · 24 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.57g/m

18 goals · 7 matches · 2 venues

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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
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
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Stadio San Nicola Bari	Italy	58,270	62 m	1990	1990
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona	Italy	39,371	60 m	1963	1990
Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari	Italy	39,000	1 m	1970	1990
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo	Italy	36,349	43 m	1932	1990
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975	France	15,000	30 m	1902	1938
Stade Cavée Verte Le Havre · demolished 1970	France	10,000	9 m	1932	1938
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934
Stade du Fort Carré Antibes	France	8,000	4 m	1928	1938
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930