Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

18 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1938

Newest

Stade Chaban-Delmas

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Venues used in 1934, 1938 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

18 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.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
2.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
3.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
4.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
5.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
6.
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste, Italy
78 m
cap 8,000
7.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279
8.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
51 m
cap 47,290
9.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
45 m
cap 60,000
10.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
42 m
cap 47,929

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1938

1.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
2.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
3.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
3 matches
1938 (3)
4.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3)
5.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
6.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
7.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
8.
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli
Naples, Italy
2 matches
1934 (2)
9.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
2 matches
1934 (2), 1990
10.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
2 matches
1934 (2)
11.
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa, Italy
1 match
1934 (1), 1990
12.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
1 match
1938 (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

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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)

4.40g/m

132 goals · 30 matches · 14 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.00g/m

10 goals · 2 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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
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
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975	France	15,000	30 m	1902	1938
Stade Cavée Verte Le Havre · demolished 1970	France	10,000	9 m	1932	1938
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934
Stade du Fort Carré Antibes	France	8,000	4 m	1928	1938