Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

29 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

Estadio Gran Parque Central

2021

Newest

Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1930, 1978, 2014, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

29 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 Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
4.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
5.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
6.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
7.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
173 m
cap 41,390
8.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
55 m
cap 51,900
9.
Arena da Amazônia
Manaus, Brazil
41 m
cap 40,549
10.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
38 m
cap 44,740

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1930, 1978, 2014, 2022

1.
Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay
10 matches
1930 (10)
2.
Lusail Stadium
Lusail, Qatar
10 matches
2022 (10)
3.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
4.
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
9 matches
2022 (9)
5.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
6.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
7.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
8.
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
9.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 matches
1950, 2014 (7)
10.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
11.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
12.
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (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)

2.80g/m

411 goals · 147 matches · 23 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.07g/m

43 goals · 14 matches · 2 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.65g/m

61 goals · 23 matches · 4 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
Estadio Centenario Montevideo	Uruguay	90,000	29 m	1930	1930
Lusail Stadium Lusail	Qatar	88,966	10 m	2021	2022
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor	Qatar	68,895	5 m	2021	2022
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
Khalifa International Stadium Doha	Qatar	45,857	26 m	1976	2022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,740	38 m	2020	2022
Education City Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,667	19 m	2020	2022
Al Thumama Stadium Doha	Qatar	44,400	17 m	2021	2022
Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah	Qatar	44,325	8 m	2019	2022
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Stadium 974 Doha · demolished 2024	Qatar	44,089	7 m	2021	2022
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014
Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo	Uruguay	20,000	28 m	1900	1930
Estadio Pocitos Montevideo · demolished 1940	Uruguay	1,000	30 m	1921	1930