Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

10 venues across 1 host nation for the selected year. Capacity, altitude, opening year, tournament appearances. Click any row to query the underlying API (GET /stadiums/{id}).

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Stadiums

Host countries

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1938

Newest

Stade Chaban-Delmas

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Venues used in 1938 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

10 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.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
2.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
3.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
4.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
45 m
cap 60,000
5.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
42 m
cap 47,929
6.
Stade Victor Boucquey
Lille, France
30 m
cap 15,000
7.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
24 m
cap 34,462
8.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
12 m
cap 67,394
9.
Stade Cavée Verte
Le Havre, France
9 m
cap 10,000
10.
Stade du Fort Carré
Antibes, France
4 m
cap 8,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1938

1.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
2.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
3 matches
1938 (3)
3.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
4.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
5.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
1 match
1938 (1)
6.
Stade Victor Boucquey
Lille, France
1 match
1938 (1)
7.
Stade du Fort Carré
Antibes, France
1 match
1938 (1)

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

1 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)

4.80g/m

72 goals · 15 matches · 7 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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975	France	15,000	30 m	1902	1938
Stade Cavée Verte Le Havre · demolished 1970	France	10,000	9 m	1932	1938
Stade du Fort Carré Antibes	France	8,000	4 m	1928	1938