Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

9 venues across 2 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

1954

Newest

St. Jakob Stadium

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Venues used in 1930, 1954 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

9 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.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
2.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
3.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
4.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
5.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
6.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
7.
Estadio Pocitos
Montevideo, Uruguay
30 m
cap 1,000
8.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
29 m
cap 90,000
9.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
28 m
cap 20,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1954

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
3.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
4.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
5.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
6.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
7.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
4 matches
1954 (4)
8.
Estadio Pocitos
Montevideo, Uruguay
2 matches
1930 (2)
9.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
1 match
1954 (1)

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

2 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)

3.89g/m

70 goals · 18 matches · 3 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.38g/m

140 goals · 26 matches · 6 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
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930