Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
27 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}).
Tournament — click to filter (4 selected)
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Stadiums
4
Host countries
1904
Oldest
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise1974
Newest
Signal Iduna ParkStadium map
Venues used in 1934, 1954, 1962, 1974 — 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.Stade Olympique de la PontaiseLausanne, Switzerland614 mcap 15,850
- 2.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile575 mcap 48,665 - 3.Wankdorf StadiumBern, Switzerland560 mcap 64,000
- 4.Olympiastadion MünchenMunich, Germany524 mcap 80,000
- 5.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile512 mcap 15,000
- 6.Stade des CharmillesGeneva, Switzerland432 mcap 35,000
- 7.HardturmZürich, Switzerland401 mcap 35,000
- 8.Cornaredo StadiumLugano, Switzerland364 mcap 6,330
- 9.St. Jakob StadiumBasel, Switzerland262 mcap 60,000
- 10.
Stadio Olimpico Grande TorinoTurin, Italy248 mcap 27,958
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1934, 1954, 1962, 1974
- 1.Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile10 matches1962 (10)
- 2.OlympiastadionBerlin, Germany8 matches1974 (8), 2006
- 3.Estadio SausalitoViña del Mar, Chile8 matches1962 (8)
- 4.Estadio Carlos DittbornArica, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 5.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 6.St. Jakob StadiumBasel, Switzerland6 matches1954 (6)
- 7.RheinstadionDüsseldorf, Germany5 matches1974 (5)
- 8.ParkstadionGelsenkirchen, Germany5 matches1974 (5)
- 9.Wankdorf StadiumBern, Switzerland5 matches1954 (5)
- 10.Deutsche Bank ParkFrankfurt, Germany5 matches1974 (5), 2006
- 11.HardturmZürich, Switzerland5 matches1954 (5)
- 12.Stade Olympique de la PontaiseLausanne, Switzerland5 matches1954 (5)
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)
3.02g/m
193 goals · 64 matches · 16 venues
Low (200-800m)
4.14g/m
203 goals · 49 matches · 10 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| 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 |
Olympiastadion München Munich | Germany | 80,000 | 524 m | 1972 | 1974 |
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002 | Germany | 70,000 | 38 m | 1925 | 1974 |
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008 | Germany | 70,000 | 57 m | 1973 | 1974 |
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 |