Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

21 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1900

Oldest

Estadio Gran Parque Central

2021

Newest

Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1930, 1950, 1962, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

21 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.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
575 m
cap 48,665
5.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
6.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
53 m
cap 20,000
7.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
49 m
cap 17,786
8.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
38 m
cap 44,740
9.
Estadio Pocitos
Montevideo, Uruguay
30 m
cap 1,000
10.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
29 m
cap 90,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1950, 1962, 2022

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Lusail Stadium
Lusail, Qatar
10 matches
2022 (10)
3.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
4.
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
9 matches
2022 (9)
5.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
6.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
7.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
8.
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
9.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
10.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
11.
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
12.
Stadium 974
Doha, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)

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

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Goals per match by stadium altitude

Does the air thin out the defense? Bands aligned with FIFA altitude-acclimatization thresholds.

Sea level (<200m)

3.08g/m

333 goals · 108 matches · 16 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.87g/m

66 goals · 23 matches · 3 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
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Lusail Stadium Lusail	Qatar	88,966	10 m	2021	2022
Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor	Qatar	68,895	5 m	2021	2022
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
Khalifa International Stadium Doha	Qatar	45,857	26 m	1976	2022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,740	38 m	2020	2022
Education City Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,667	19 m	2020	2022
Al Thumama Stadium Doha	Qatar	44,400	17 m	2021	2022
Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah	Qatar	44,325	8 m	2019	2022
Stadium 974 Doha · demolished 2024	Qatar	44,089	7 m	2021	2022
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
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