Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

33 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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Olympia

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Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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Venues used in 1930, 1958, 1978, 1990 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

33 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.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
2.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
3.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
4.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
5.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
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.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
51 m
cap 47,290

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1958, 1978, 1990

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
3.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
4.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
5.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
6.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
7.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
8.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
9.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
10.
Estadio José María Minella
Mar del Plata, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
11.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
12.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)

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)

2.84g/m

346 goals · 122 matches · 29 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.08g/m

40 goals · 13 matches · 2 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.67g/m

16 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue

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
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
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
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
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
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
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Malmö Stadion Malmö	Sweden	30,000	12 m	1958	1958
Ryavallen Borås	Sweden	21,000	138 m	1941	1958
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Arosvallen Västerås	Sweden	20,000	18 m	1932	1958
Idrottsparken Norrköping	Sweden	17,234	39 m	1903	1958
Rimnersvallen Uddevalla	Sweden	17,000	5 m	1923	1958
Olympia Helsingborg	Sweden	16,500	34 m	1898	1958
Örjans Vall Halmstad	Sweden	15,500	7 m	1922	1958
Eyravallen Örebro	Sweden	13,000	35 m	1923	1958
Tunavallen Eskilstuna	Sweden	7,800	15 m	1921	1958
Jernvallen Sandviken	Sweden	7,500	0 m	1938	1958
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930