Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

25 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1998

Newest

Stade de France

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Venues used in 1930, 1938, 1950, 1998 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

25 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.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
887 m
cap 20,000
2.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
847 m
cap 23,018
3.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
773 m
cap 40,199
4.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
5.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
6.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
148 m
cap 33,150
7.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
8.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
9.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
57 m
cap 80,698
10.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
53 m
cap 20,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1938, 1950, 1998

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
10 matches
1938 (3), 1998 (7)
3.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
4.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
9 matches
1938 (3), 1998 (6)
5.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
9 matches
1938 (3), 1998 (6)
6.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
9 matches
1998 (6)
7.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
8.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
9.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
10.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
11.
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Lens, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
12.
Stade de la Beaujoire
Nantes, France
6 matches
1998 (6)

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

3 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)

3.38g/m

355 goals · 105 matches · 19 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.17g/m

38 goals · 12 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 appearances Capacity Altitude Opening year Name

Stadium	Country	Capacity	Altitude	Opened	WC editions
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
Estádio Ilha do Retiro Recife	Brazil	30,000	6 m	1937	1950
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Estádio Independência Belo Horizonte	Brazil	23,018	847 m	1950	1950
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema) Curitiba	Brazil	20,000	887 m	1947	1950
Estádio dos Eucaliptos Porto Alegre · demolished 1981	Brazil	20,000	53 m	1931	1950
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
Stade du Fort Carré Antibes	France	8,000	4 m	1928	1938
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930