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

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1954

Newest

St. Jakob Stadium

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Venues used in 1938, 1954 — 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.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
2.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
3.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
4.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
5.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
6.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
7.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
8.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
9.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
10.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
45 m
cap 60,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1938, 1954

1.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
2.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
3.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
4.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
5.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
4 matches
1954 (4)
6.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
7.
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Colombes, France
3 matches
1938 (3)
8.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
9.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
3 matches
1938 (3), 1998
10.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
1 match
1938 (1)
11.
Stade Victor Boucquey
Lille, France
1 match
1938 (1)
12.
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

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)

4.80g/m

72 goals · 15 matches · 7 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.38g/m

140 goals · 26 matches · 6 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
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
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
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954