Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

18 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

1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

1962

Newest

Estadio Carlos Dittborn

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Venues used in 1934, 1954, 1962 — 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.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
2.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
575 m
cap 48,665
3.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
4.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
5.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
6.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
7.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
8.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
9.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
10.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1954, 1962

1.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
2.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
3.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
4.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
5.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
6.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
7.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
8.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
9.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
4 matches
1954 (4)
10.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
11.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3)
12.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990

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

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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)

3.57g/m

107 goals · 30 matches · 9 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.27g/m

192 goals · 45 matches · 9 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
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
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar	Chile	18,000	13 m	1929	1962
Estadio Carlos Dittborn Arica	Chile	17,786	49 m	1962	1962
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Estadio El Teniente Rancagua	Chile	15,000	512 m	1945	1962
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954