Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

31 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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Host countries

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1978

Newest

Estadio José María Minella

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Venues used in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1978 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

31 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.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
2.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
3.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
4.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
5.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
6.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
7.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
45 m
cap 60,000
8.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
42 m
cap 47,929
9.
Idrottsparken
Norrköping, Sweden
39 m
cap 17,234
10.
Eyravallen
Örebro, Sweden
35 m
cap 13,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1978

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
3.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
4.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
5.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
6.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
7.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
8.
Estadio José María Minella
Mar del Plata, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
9.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
10.
Malmö Stadion
Malmö, Sweden
4 matches
1958 (4)
11.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
12.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
3 matches
1938 (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)

3.46g/m

311 goals · 90 matches · 25 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.00g/m

32 goals · 8 matches · 1 venue

Mid (800-1500m)

2.67g/m

16 goals · 6 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
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
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Malmö Stadion Malmö	Sweden	30,000	12 m	1958	1958
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Ryavallen Borås	Sweden	21,000	138 m	1941	1958
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Arosvallen Västerås	Sweden	20,000	18 m	1932	1958
Idrottsparken Norrköping	Sweden	17,234	39 m	1903	1958
Rimnersvallen Uddevalla	Sweden	17,000	5 m	1923	1958
Olympia Helsingborg	Sweden	16,500	34 m	1898	1958
Örjans Vall Halmstad	Sweden	15,500	7 m	1922	1958
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975	France	15,000	30 m	1902	1938
Eyravallen Örebro	Sweden	13,000	35 m	1923	1958
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
Tunavallen Eskilstuna	Sweden	7,800	15 m	1921	1958
Jernvallen Sandviken	Sweden	7,500	0 m	1938	1958
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930