Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

38 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

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1998

Newest

Stade de France

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Venues used in 1934, 1954, 1978, 1990, 1998 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

38 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 Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
2.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
3.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
4.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
5.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
6.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
7.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
8.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
9.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
10.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1954, 1978, 1990, 1998

1.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
2.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
3.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
9 matches
1934 (3), 1990 (6)
4.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
5.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
6.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
7 matches
1934 (3), 1990 (4)
7.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
8.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
9.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
10.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
11.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
12.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)

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Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

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Stadiums by host country

4 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)

2.63g/m

378 goals · 144 matches · 27 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.34g/m

204 goals · 47 matches · 10 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.67g/m

16 goals · 6 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
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	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 San Nicola Bari	Italy	58,270	62 m	1990	1990
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona	Italy	39,371	60 m	1963	1990
Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari	Italy	39,000	1 m	1970	1990
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo	Italy	36,349	43 m	1932	1990
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
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