Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
32 venues across 4 host nations for the selected years. Capacity, altitude, opening year, tournament appearances. Click any row to query the underlying API (GET /stadiums/{id}).
Tournament — click to filter (4 selected)
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Stadiums
4
Host countries
1897
Oldest
Parc des Princes2005
Newest
Allianz ArenaStadium map
Venues used in 1938, 1950, 1962, 2006 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
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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.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)Curitiba, Brazil887 mcap 20,000 - 2.Estádio IndependênciaBelo Horizonte, Brazil847 mcap 23,018
- 3.Estádio do PacaembuSão Paulo, Brazil773 mcap 40,199
- 4.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile575 mcap 48,665 - 5.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile512 mcap 15,000
- 6.Allianz ArenaMunich, Germany490 mcap 75,000
- 7.Max-Morlock-StadionNuremberg, Germany324 mcap 50,000
- 8.Fritz-Walter-StadionKaiserslautern, Germany292 mcap 49,850
- 9.MHPArenaStuttgart, Germany224 mcap 60,449
- 10.Stade de GerlandLyon, France173 mcap 41,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1938, 1950, 1962, 2006
- 1.Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile10 matches1962 (10)
- 2.Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil8 matches1950 (8), 2014
- 3.Estadio SausalitoViña del Mar, Chile8 matches1962 (8)
- 4.Estadio Carlos DittbornArica, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 5.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 6.Signal Iduna ParkDortmund, Germany6 matches1974, 2006 (6)
- 7.Allianz ArenaMunich, Germany6 matches2006 (6)
- 8.OlympiastadionBerlin, Germany6 matches1974, 2006 (6)
- 9.MHPArenaStuttgart, Germany6 matches1974, 2006 (6)
- 10.Estádio do PacaembuSão Paulo, Brazil6 matches1950 (6)
- 11.Veltins-ArenaGelsenkirchen, Germany5 matches2006 (5)
- 12.VolksparkstadionHamburg, Germany5 matches1974, 2006 (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
4 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)
3.06g/m
254 goals · 83 matches · 20 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.71g/m
122 goals · 45 matches · 7 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
4.00g/m
20 goals · 5 matches · 2 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| Stadium | Country | Capacity | Altitude | Opened | WC editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund | Germany | 81,365 | 108 m | 1974 | 1974, 2006 |
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 78,838 | 21 m | 1950 | 1950, 2014 |
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 |
Stade de Gerland Lyon | France | 41,000 | 173 m | 1926 | 1938, 1998 |
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux | France | 34,462 | 24 m | 1938 | 1938, 1998 |
Allianz Arena Munich | Germany | 75,000 | 490 m | 2005 | 2006 |
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen | Germany | 62,271 | 57 m | 2001 | 2006 |
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes | France | 60,000 | 45 m | 1907 | 1938 |
RheinEnergieStadion Cologne | Germany | 50,000 | 71 m | 2004 | 2006 |
Max-Morlock-Stadion Nuremberg | Germany | 50,000 | 324 m | 1928 | 2006 |
Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern | Germany | 49,850 | 292 m | 1920 | 2006 |
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago | Chile | 48,665 | 575 m | 1938 | 1962 |
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig | Germany | 47,069 | 114 m | 2004 | 2006 |
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo | Brazil | 40,199 | 773 m | 1940 | 1950 |
Estádio Ilha do Retiro Recife | Brazil | 30,000 | 6 m | 1937 | 1950 |
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg | France | 26,109 | 145 m | 1914 | 1938 |
Estádio Independência Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 23,018 | 847 m | 1950 | 1950 |
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims | France | 21,684 | 79 m | 1935 | 1938 |
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema) Curitiba | Brazil | 20,000 | 887 m | 1947 | 1950 |
Estádio dos Eucaliptos Porto Alegre · demolished 1981 | Brazil | 20,000 | 53 m | 1931 | 1950 |
Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar | Chile | 18,000 | 13 m | 1929 | 1962 |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn Arica | Chile | 17,786 | 49 m | 1962 | 1962 |
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975 | France | 15,000 | 30 m | 1902 | 1938 |
Estadio El Teniente Rancagua | Chile | 15,000 | 512 m | 1945 | 1962 |
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 |