Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

21 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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Host countries

1900

Oldest

Estadio Gran Parque Central

1990

Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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Venues used in 1930, 1950, 1990 — 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.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
5.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
6.
Stadio Friuli
Udine, Italy
115 m
cap 41,652
7.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279
8.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
62 m
cap 58,270
9.
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Verona, Italy
60 m
cap 39,371
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, 1950, 1990

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
3.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
4.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
5.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
6.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
7.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
8.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
9.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
10.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
4 matches
1934, 1990 (4)
11.
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Verona, Italy
4 matches
1990 (4)
12.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
4 matches
1934, 1990 (4)

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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

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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)

2.91g/m

221 goals · 76 matches · 17 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.91g/m

32 goals · 11 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
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna	Italy	38,279	64 m	1927	1934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa	Italy	36,599	26 m	1911	1934, 1990
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
Stadio San Nicola Bari	Italy	58,270	62 m	1990	1990
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona	Italy	39,371	60 m	1963	1990
Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari	Italy	39,000	1 m	1970	1990
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo	Italy	36,349	43 m	1932	1990
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 Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930