Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
32 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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Host countries
1900
Oldest
2021
Newest
Stadium map
Venues used in 1930, 1974, 2018, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
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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 MünchenMunich, Germany524 mcap 80,000 - 2.
Yekaterinburg ArenaYekaterinburg, Russia277 mcap 35,696 - 3.
MHPArenaStuttgart, Germany224 mcap 60,449 - 4.
Samara ArenaSamara, Russia161 mcap 44,918 - 5.
Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia159 mcap 78,011 - 6.
Mordovia ArenaSaransk, Russia144 mcap 44,442 - 7.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)Moscow, Russia125 mcap 45,360 - 8.
Deutsche Bank ParkFrankfurt, Germany116 mcap 51,500 - 9.
Signal Iduna ParkDortmund, Germany108 mcap 81,365 - 10.
Volgograd ArenaVolgograd, Russia94 mcap 45,568
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1930, 1974, 2018, 2022
- 1.
Estadio CentenarioMontevideo, Uruguay10 matches1930 (10) - 2.
Lusail StadiumLusail, Qatar10 matches2022 (10) - 3.
Al Bayt StadiumAl Khor, Qatar9 matches2022 (9) - 4.
OlympiastadionBerlin, Germany8 matches1974 (8), 2006 - 5.
Khalifa International StadiumDoha, Qatar8 matches2022 (8) - 6.
Education City StadiumAl Rayyan, Qatar8 matches2022 (8) - 7.
Al Thumama StadiumDoha, Qatar8 matches2022 (8) - 8.
Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia7 matches2018 (7) - 9.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)Saint Petersburg, Russia7 matches2018 (7) - 10.
Ahmad bin Ali StadiumAl Rayyan, Qatar7 matches2022 (7) - 11.
Al Janoub StadiumAl Wakrah, Qatar7 matches2022 (7) - 12.
Stadium 974Doha, Qatar7 matches2022 (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
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)
2.77g/m
488 goals · 176 matches · 29 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.50g/m
20 goals · 8 matches · 2 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| Stadium | Country | Capacity | Altitude | Opened | WC editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund | 81,365 | 108 m | 1974 | 1974, 2006 | |
Olympiastadion Berlin | 74,475 | 65 m | 1936 | 1974, 2006 | |
MHPArena Stuttgart | 60,449 | 224 m | 1933 | 1974, 2006 | |
Volksparkstadion Hamburg | 57,000 | 25 m | 1953 | 1974, 2006 | |
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt | 51,500 | 116 m | 1925 | 1974, 2006 | |
HDI-Arena Hannover | 49,000 | 65 m | 1954 | 1974, 2006 | |
Estadio Centenario Montevideo | 90,000 | 29 m | 1930 | 1930 | |
Lusail Stadium Lusail | 88,966 | 10 m | 2021 | 2022 | |
Olympiastadion München Munich | 80,000 | 524 m | 1972 | 1974 | |
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow | 78,011 | 159 m | 1956 | 2018 | |
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002 | 70,000 | 38 m | 1925 | 1974 | |
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008 | 70,000 | 57 m | 1973 | 1974 | |
Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor | 68,895 | 5 m | 2021 | 2022 | |
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg | 68,134 | 16 m | 2017 | 2018 | |
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi | 47,659 | 1 m | 2013 | 2018 | |
Khalifa International Stadium Doha | 45,857 | 26 m | 1976 | 2022 | |
Volgograd Arena Volgograd | 45,568 | 94 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena) Kazan | 45,379 | 49 m | 2013 | 2018 | |
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium) Moscow | 45,360 | 125 m | 2014 | 2018 | |
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don | 45,000 | 0 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Samara Arena Samara | 44,918 | 161 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod | 44,899 | 74 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan | 44,740 | 38 m | 2020 | 2022 | |
Education City Stadium Al Rayyan | 44,667 | 19 m | 2020 | 2022 | |
Mordovia Arena Saransk | 44,442 | 144 m | 2017 | 2018 | |
Al Thumama Stadium Doha | 44,400 | 17 m | 2021 | 2022 | |
Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah | 44,325 | 8 m | 2019 | 2022 | |
Stadium 974 Doha · demolished 2024 | 44,089 | 7 m | 2021 | 2022 | |
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg | 35,696 | 277 m | 1957 | 2018 | |
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad | 35,212 | 5 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo | 20,000 | 28 m | 1900 | 1930 | |
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940 | 1,000 | 30 m | 1921 | 1930 |