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Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

29 venues across 4 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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29
Stadiums
4
Host countries
1898
Oldest
Olympia
1958
Newest
Ullevi

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Venues used in 1930, 1934, 1950, 1958 — 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. 1.
    Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
    Curitiba, Brazil
    887 m
    cap 20,000
  2. 2.
    Estádio Independência
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    847 m
    cap 23,018
  3. 3.
    Estádio do Pacaembu
    São Paulo, Brazil
    773 m
    cap 40,199
  4. 4.
    Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
    Turin, Italy
    248 m
    cap 27,958
  5. 5.
    Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
    Milan, Italy
    176 m
    cap 75,923
  6. 6.
    Ryavallen
    Borås, Sweden
    138 m
    cap 21,000
  7. 7.
    Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
    Trieste, Italy
    78 m
    cap 8,000
  8. 8.
    Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
    Bologna, Italy
    64 m
    cap 38,279
  9. 9.
    Estádio dos Eucaliptos
    Porto Alegre, Brazil
    53 m
    cap 20,000
  10. 10.
    Stadio Artemio Franchi
    Florence, Italy
    51 m
    cap 47,290
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1934, 1950, 1958
  1. 1.
    Estadio Centenario
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    10 matches
    1930 (10)
  2. 2.
    Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    8 matches
    1950 (8), 2014
  3. 3.
    Råsunda Stadium
    Solna, Sweden
    8 matches
    1958 (8)
  4. 4.
    Ullevi
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    7 matches
    1958 (7)
  5. 5.
    Estádio do Pacaembu
    São Paulo, Brazil
    6 matches
    1950 (6)
  6. 6.
    Estadio Gran Parque Central
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    6 matches
    1930 (6)
  7. 7.
    Malmö Stadion
    Malmö, Sweden
    4 matches
    1958 (4)
  8. 8.
    Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
    Milan, Italy
    3 matches
    1934 (3), 1990
  9. 9.
    Stadio Nazionale PNF
    Rome, Italy
    3 matches
    1934 (3)
  10. 10.
    Stadio Artemio Franchi
    Florence, Italy
    3 matches
    1934 (3), 1990
  11. 11.
    Estádio Independência
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    3 matches
    1950 (3)
  12. 12.
    Idrottsparken
    Norrköping, Sweden
    3 matches
    1958 (3)
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

4 countries have hosted matches
GET /stadiums (group by country)

Goals per match by stadium altitude

Does the air thin out the defense? Bands aligned with FIFA altitude-acclimatization thresholds.
Sea level (<200m)
3.75g/m
289 goals · 77 matches · 24 venues
Low (200-800m)
4.25g/m
34 goals · 8 matches · 2 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
4.00g/m
20 goals · 5 matches · 2 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band

All venues

Sort:WC appearancesCapacityAltitudeOpening yearName
StadiumCountryCapacityAltitudeOpenedWC editions
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil78,83821 m19501950, 2014
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan
Italy75,923176 m19261934, 1990
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence
Italy47,29051 m19311934, 1990
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna
Italy38,27964 m19271934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa
Italy36,59926 m19111934, 1990
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo
Uruguay90,00029 m19301930
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome · demolished 1957
Italy50,00032 m19111934
Råsunda Stadium
Solna · demolished 2013
Sweden50,00022 m19371958
Ullevi
Gothenburg
Sweden43,0008 m19581958
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo
Brazil40,199773 m19401950
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli
Naples · demolished 1942
Italy40,0003 m19301934
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife
Brazil30,0006 m19371950
Malmö Stadion
Malmö
Sweden30,00012 m19581958
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin
Italy27,958248 m19331934
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte
Brazil23,018847 m19501950
Ryavallen
Borås
Sweden21,000138 m19411958
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo
Uruguay20,00028 m19001930
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba
Brazil20,000887 m19471950
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre · demolished 1981
Brazil20,00053 m19311950
Arosvallen
Västerås
Sweden20,00018 m19321958
Idrottsparken
Norrköping
Sweden17,23439 m19031958
Rimnersvallen
Uddevalla
Sweden17,0005 m19231958
Olympia
Helsingborg
Sweden16,50034 m18981958
Örjans Vall
Halmstad
Sweden15,5007 m19221958
Eyravallen
Örebro
Sweden13,00035 m19231958
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste
Italy8,00078 m19321934
Tunavallen
Eskilstuna
Sweden7,80015 m19211958
Jernvallen
Sandviken
Sweden7,5000 m19381958
Estadio Pocitos
Montevideo · demolished 1940
Uruguay1,00030 m19211930