Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

16 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1911

Oldest

Stadio Nazionale PNF

2021

Newest

Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1934, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

16 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.
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Turin, Italy
248 m
cap 27,958
2.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
3.
Stadio Littorio (Trieste)
Trieste, Italy
78 m
cap 8,000
4.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279
5.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
51 m
cap 47,290
6.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
38 m
cap 44,740
7.
Stadio Nazionale PNF
Rome, Italy
32 m
cap 50,000
8.
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa, Italy
26 m
cap 36,599
9.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
26 m
cap 45,857
10.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
19 m
cap 44,667

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1934, 2022

1.
Lusail Stadium
Lusail, Qatar
10 matches
2022 (10)
2.
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
9 matches
2022 (9)
3.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
4.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
5.
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
6.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
7.
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
8.
Stadium 974
Doha, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
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.
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli
Naples, Italy
2 matches
1934 (2)

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)

2.94g/m

232 goals · 79 matches · 15 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.00g/m

10 goals · 2 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
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
Lusail Stadium Lusail	Qatar	88,966	10 m	2021	2022
Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor	Qatar	68,895	5 m	2021	2022
Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome · demolished 1957	Italy	50,000	32 m	1911	1934
Khalifa International Stadium Doha	Qatar	45,857	26 m	1976	2022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,740	38 m	2020	2022
Education City Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,667	19 m	2020	2022
Al Thumama Stadium Doha	Qatar	44,400	17 m	2021	2022
Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah	Qatar	44,325	8 m	2019	2022
Stadium 974 Doha · demolished 2024	Qatar	44,089	7 m	2021	2022
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