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

1990

Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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Venues used in 1930, 1974, 1990 — 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.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
2.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
3.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
4.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
5.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
6.
Stadio Friuli
Udine, Italy
115 m
cap 41,652
7.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365
8.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
65 m
cap 74,475
9.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
65 m
cap 49,000
10.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1974, 1990

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
3.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
4.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
5.
Estadio Gran Parque Central
Montevideo, Uruguay
6 matches
1930 (6)
6.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
7.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
8.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
9.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
10.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
11.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006
12.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006

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)

2.66g/m

263 goals · 99 matches · 21 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.11g/m

19 goals · 9 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
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany	74,475	65 m	1936	1974, 2006
MHPArena Stuttgart	Germany	60,449	224 m	1933	1974, 2006
Volksparkstadion Hamburg	Germany	57,000	25 m	1953	1974, 2006
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
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
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
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
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 Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930