Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

19 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

1968

Newest

Estadio Cuauhtémoc

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Venues used in 1934, 1954, 1970 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

19 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.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
2,666 m
cap 30,000
2.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
2,287 m
cap 87,000
3.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
2,124 m
cap 51,726
4.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
1,808 m
cap 31,297
5.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
1,538 m
cap 55,020
6.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
7.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
8.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
9.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
10.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1954, 1970

1.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
10 matches
1970 (10), 1986, 2026
2.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
8 matches
1970 (8), 1986
3.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
7 matches
1970 (7), 1986
4.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
5.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
6.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
7.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
8.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
4 matches
1954 (4)
9.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
4 matches
1970 (4), 1986
10.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
11.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
3 matches
1970 (3), 1986
12.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3)

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)

4.00g/m

60 goals · 15 matches · 7 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.36g/m

150 goals · 28 matches · 7 venues

High (1500-2200m)

3.22g/m

58 goals · 18 matches · 3 venues

Very high (≥2200m)

2.64g/m

37 goals · 14 matches · 2 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
Estadio Azteca Mexico City	Mexico	87,000	2,287 m	1966	1970, 1986, 2026
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara	Mexico	55,020	1,538 m	1960	1970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla	Mexico	51,726	2,124 m	1968	1970, 1986
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
Estadio León León	Mexico	31,297	1,808 m	1967	1970, 1986
Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca	Mexico	30,000	2,666 m	1954	1970, 1986
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
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
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954