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Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

38 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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38
Stadiums
4
Host countries
1900
Oldest
Estadio Gran Parque Central
2014
Newest
Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1930, 1950, 1954, 1990, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
38 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 Nacional Mané Garrincha
    Brasília, Brazil
    1,119 m
    cap 72,788
  2. 2.
    Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
    Curitiba, Brazil
    910 m
    cap 40,502
  3. 3.
    Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
    Curitiba, Brazil
    887 m
    cap 20,000
  4. 4.
    Estádio Mineirão
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    850 m
    cap 58,170
  5. 5.
    Estádio Independência
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    847 m
    cap 23,018
  6. 6.
    Neo Química Arena
    São Paulo, Brazil
    785 m
    cap 49,205
  7. 7.
    Estádio do Pacaembu
    São Paulo, Brazil
    773 m
    cap 40,199
  8. 8.
    Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    614 m
    cap 15,850
  9. 9.
    Wankdorf Stadium
    Bern, Switzerland
    560 m
    cap 64,000
  10. 10.
    Stade des Charmilles
    Geneva, Switzerland
    432 m
    cap 35,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1950, 1954, 1990, 2014
  1. 1.
    Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    15 matches
    1950 (8), 2014 (7)
  2. 2.
    Estadio Centenario
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    10 matches
    1930 (10)
  3. 3.
    Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
    Brasília, Brazil
    7 matches
    2014 (7)
  4. 4.
    Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
    Milan, Italy
    6 matches
    1934, 1990 (6)
  5. 5.
    Stadio Olimpico
    Rome, Italy
    6 matches
    1990 (6)
  6. 6.
    Arena Castelão
    Fortaleza, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  7. 7.
    St. Jakob Stadium
    Basel, Switzerland
    6 matches
    1954 (6)
  8. 8.
    Estádio Mineirão
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  9. 9.
    Arena Fonte Nova
    Salvador, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  10. 10.
    Neo Química Arena
    São Paulo, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  11. 11.
    Estádio do Pacaembu
    São Paulo, Brazil
    6 matches
    1950 (6)
  12. 12.
    Estadio Gran Parque Central
    Montevideo, Uruguay
    6 matches
    1930 (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

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)
2.87g/m
336 goals · 117 matches · 24 venues
Low (200-800m)
4.26g/m
183 goals · 43 matches · 9 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
2.95g/m
65 goals · 22 matches · 5 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 Olimpico
Rome
Italy73,60337 m19531990
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília
Brazil72,7881,119 m20132014
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin · demolished 2008
Italy67,229278 m19901990
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza
Brazil64,84629 m19732014
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern · demolished 2001
Switzerland64,000560 m19251954
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel · demolished 1998
Switzerland60,000262 m19541954
Stadio San Nicola
Bari
Italy58,27062 m19901990
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte
Brazil58,170850 m19652014
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples
Italy54,72651 m19591990
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador
Brazil51,90055 m20132014
Estádio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre
Brazil50,1289 m19692014
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo
Brazil49,205785 m20142014
Arena Pernambuco
São Lourenço da Mata
Brazil44,24826 m20132014
Stadio Friuli
Udine
Italy41,652115 m19761990
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá
Brazil41,390173 m20142014
Arena da Amazônia
Manaus
Brazil40,54941 m20142014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba
Brazil40,502910 m19142014
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo
Brazil40,199773 m19401950
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Verona
Italy39,37160 m19631990
Stadio Sant'Elia
Cagliari
Italy39,0001 m19701990
Stadio Renzo Barbera
Palermo
Italy36,34943 m19321990
Hardturm
Zürich · demolished 2008
Switzerland35,000401 m19291954
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva · demolished 2003
Switzerland35,000432 m19301954
Arena das Dunas
Natal
Brazil31,37534 m20142014
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife
Brazil30,0006 m19371950
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte
Brazil23,018847 m19501950
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
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne
Switzerland15,850614 m19041954
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano
Switzerland6,330364 m19511954
Estadio Pocitos
Montevideo · demolished 1940
Uruguay1,00030 m19211930