Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

20 venues across 2 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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1911

Oldest

Stadio Nazionale PNF

1985

Newest

Estadio Corregidora

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Venues used in 1934, 1970, 1986 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

20 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 Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City, Mexico
2,307 m
cap 72,000
3.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
2,287 m
cap 87,000
4.
Estadio Neza 86
Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico
2,236 m
cap 34,536
5.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
2,124 m
cap 51,726
6.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
1,808 m
cap 31,297
7.
Estadio Corregidora
Querétaro, Mexico
1,807 m
cap 38,575
8.
Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Irapuato, Mexico
1,718 m
cap 25,000
9.
Estadio Tres de Marzo
Zapopan, Mexico
1,633 m
cap 30,015
10.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
1,538 m
cap 55,020

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1970, 1986

1.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
19 matches
1970 (10), 1986 (9), 2026
2.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
14 matches
1970 (8), 1986 (6)
3.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
11 matches
1970 (7), 1986 (4)
4.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
8 matches
1970 (3), 1986 (5)
5.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
7 matches
1970 (4), 1986 (3)
6.
Estadio Universitario
San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
5 matches
1986 (5)
7.
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City, Mexico
4 matches
1986 (4)
8.
Estadio Corregidora
Querétaro, Mexico
4 matches
1986 (4)
9.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
10.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3)
11.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
3 matches
1934 (3), 1990
12.
Estadio Tecnológico
Monterrey, Mexico
3 matches
1986 (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

2 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)

4.00g/m

60 goals · 15 matches · 7 venues

Low (200-800m)

1.90g/m

19 goals · 10 matches · 3 venues

High (1500-2200m)

3.07g/m

132 goals · 43 matches · 6 venues

Very high (≥2200m)

2.61g/m

86 goals · 33 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
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
Estadio Olímpico Universitario Mexico City	Mexico	72,000	2,307 m	1952	1986
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Estadio Universitario San Nicolás de los Garza	Mexico	43,780	529 m	1967	1986
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Estadio Corregidora Querétaro	Mexico	38,575	1,807 m	1985	1986
Estadio Tecnológico Monterrey · demolished 2017	Mexico	38,000	544 m	1950	1986
Estadio Neza 86 Nezahualcóyotl	Mexico	34,536	2,236 m	1981	1986
Estadio Tres de Marzo Zapopan	Mexico	30,015	1,633 m	1971	1986
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Estadio Sergio León Chávez Irapuato	Mexico	25,000	1,718 m	1974	1986
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934