Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

27 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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Host countries

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Oldest

Parc des Princes

1998

Newest

Stade de France

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Venues used in 1934, 1974, 1998 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

27 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.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
3.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
4.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
5.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
6.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
7.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
148 m
cap 33,150
8.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
9.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365
10.
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste, Italy
78 m
cap 8,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 1974, 1998

1.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
2.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
3.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
4.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
5.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
6.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
7.
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Lens, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
8.
Stade de la Beaujoire
Nantes, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
9.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
10.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
11.
Stade de la Mosson
Montpellier, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
12.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)

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)

2.83g/m

303 goals · 107 matches · 23 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.92g/m

35 goals · 12 matches · 3 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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
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
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
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli Naples · demolished 1942	Italy	40,000	3 m	1930	1934
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
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
Stadio Littorio (Trieste) Trieste	Italy	8,000	78 m	1932	1934