Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

24 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

1900

Oldest

Estadio Gran Parque Central

2014

Newest

Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1930, 1950, 1962, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

24 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 Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
887 m
cap 20,000
4.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
5.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
847 m
cap 23,018
6.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
7.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
773 m
cap 40,199
8.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
575 m
cap 48,665
9.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
10.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
173 m
cap 41,390

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1950, 1962, 2014

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 matches
1950 (8), 2014 (7)
2.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
3.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
4.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
5.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
6.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
7.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
8.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
9.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
10.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
11.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
12.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (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)

3.25g/m

276 goals · 85 matches · 15 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.66g/m

77 goals · 29 matches · 4 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 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
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014
Estádio Ilha do Retiro Recife	Brazil	30,000	6 m	1937	1950
Estádio Independência Belo Horizonte	Brazil	23,018	847 m	1950	1950
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
Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar	Chile	18,000	13 m	1929	1962
Estadio Carlos Dittborn Arica	Chile	17,786	49 m	1962	1962
Estadio El Teniente Rancagua	Chile	15,000	512 m	1945	1962
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930