Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

44 venues across 5 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

2014

Newest

Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1934, 1954, 1978, 2006, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

44 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.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
4.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
5.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
6.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
7.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
8.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
9.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
10.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000

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Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1954, 1978, 2006, 2014

1.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
2.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
3.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 matches
1950, 2014 (7)
4.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
5.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
6.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
7.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
8.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
9.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
10.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
11.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
12.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (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

5 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)

2.62g/m

320 goals · 122 matches · 27 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.89g/m

249 goals · 64 matches · 13 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.65g/m

61 goals · 23 matches · 4 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
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
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
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
RheinEnergieStadion Cologne	Germany	50,000	71 m	2004	2006
Max-Morlock-Stadion Nuremberg	Germany	50,000	324 m	1928	2006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern	Germany	49,850	292 m	1920	2006
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014
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