Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

26 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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1911

Oldest

Stadio Nazionale PNF

1976

Newest

Giants Stadium

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Venues used in 1934, 1974, 1994 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

26 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.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
2.
Pontiac Silverdome
Pontiac, United States
296 m
cap 80,338
3.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
4.
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, United States
247 m
cap 92,800
5.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
6.
Soldier Field
Chicago, United States
187 m
cap 61,500
7.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
8.
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, United States
149 m
cap 92,100
9.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
10.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1974, 1994

1.
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, United States
8 matches
1994 (8)
2.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
3.
Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, United States
7 matches
1994 (7)
4.
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, United States
6 matches
1994 (6)
5.
Foxboro Stadium
Foxborough, United States
6 matches
1994 (6)
6.
Stanford Stadium
Stanford, United States
6 matches
1994 (6)
7.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
8.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
9.
Camping World Stadium
Orlando, United States
5 matches
1994 (5)
10.
Soldier Field
Chicago, United States
5 matches
1994 (5)
11.
RFK Stadium
Washington, United States
5 matches
1994 (5)
12.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006

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

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)

2.83g/m

252 goals · 89 matches · 21 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.11g/m

56 goals · 18 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
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
Rose Bowl Pasadena	United States	92,800	247 m	1922	1994
Cotton Bowl Dallas	United States	92,100	149 m	1932	1994
Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac · demolished 2018	United States	80,338	296 m	1975	1994
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Giants Stadium East Rutherford · demolished 2010	United States	75,338	23 m	1976	1994
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Camping World Stadium Orlando	United States	65,000	37 m	1936	1994
Soldier Field Chicago	United States	61,500	187 m	1924	1994
RFK Stadium Washington · demolished 2025	United States	56,692	6 m	1961	1994
Foxboro Stadium Foxborough · demolished 2002	United States	53,644	83 m	1971	1994
Stanford Stadium Stanford	United States	50,424	14 m	1921	1994
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
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin	Italy	27,958	248 m	1933	1934
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934