Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

34 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

2014

Newest

Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1938, 1958, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

34 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.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
4.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
5.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
6.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
173 m
cap 41,390
7.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
8.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
9.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
10.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
55 m
cap 51,900

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1938, 1958, 2014

1.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
2.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 matches
1950, 2014 (7)
3.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
4.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
5.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
6.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
7.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
8.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
9.
Estádio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre, Brazil
5 matches
2014 (5)
10.
Arena Pernambuco
São Lourenço da Mata, Brazil
5 matches
2014 (5)
11.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
4 matches
2014 (4)
12.
Arena da Amazônia
Manaus, Brazil
4 matches
2014 (4)

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

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)

3.39g/m

302 goals · 89 matches · 26 venues

Low (200-800m)

1.83g/m

11 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue

Mid (800-1500m)

2.65g/m

45 goals · 17 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
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
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
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014
Malmö Stadion Malmö	Sweden	30,000	12 m	1958	1958
Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg	France	26,109	145 m	1914	1938
Stade Auguste-Delaune Reims	France	21,684	79 m	1935	1938
Ryavallen Borås	Sweden	21,000	138 m	1941	1958
Arosvallen Västerås	Sweden	20,000	18 m	1932	1958
Idrottsparken Norrköping	Sweden	17,234	39 m	1903	1958
Rimnersvallen Uddevalla	Sweden	17,000	5 m	1923	1958
Olympia Helsingborg	Sweden	16,500	34 m	1898	1958
Örjans Vall Halmstad	Sweden	15,500	7 m	1922	1958
Stade Victor Boucquey Lille · demolished 1975	France	15,000	30 m	1902	1938
Eyravallen Örebro	Sweden	13,000	35 m	1923	1958
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
Tunavallen Eskilstuna	Sweden	7,800	15 m	1921	1958
Jernvallen Sandviken	Sweden	7,500	0 m	1938	1958