Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

31 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

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1938, 1974, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

31 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.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
2.
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg, Russia
277 m
cap 35,696
3.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
4.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
5.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
161 m
cap 44,918
6.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
159 m
cap 78,011
7.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
8.
Mordovia Arena
Saransk, Russia
144 m
cap 44,442
9.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow, Russia
125 m
cap 45,360
10.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1938, 1974, 2018

1.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
2.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
3.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
4.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
5.
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)
Kazan, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
6.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
7.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
8.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
9.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
10.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006
11.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow, Russia
5 matches
2018 (5)
12.
Rostov Arena
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
5 matches
2018 (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

3 countries have hosted matches

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Goals per match by stadium altitude

Does the air thin out the defense? Bands aligned with FIFA altitude-acclimatization thresholds.

Sea level (<200m)

2.92g/m

318 goals · 109 matches · 25 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.50g/m

20 goals · 8 matches · 2 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
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
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
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi	Russia	47,659	1 m	2013	2018
Volgograd Arena Volgograd	Russia	45,568	94 m	2018	2018
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena) Kazan	Russia	45,379	49 m	2013	2018
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium) Moscow	Russia	45,360	125 m	2014	2018
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don	Russia	45,000	0 m	2018	2018
Samara Arena Samara	Russia	44,918	161 m	2018	2018
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	44,899	74 m	2018	2018
Mordovia Arena Saransk	Russia	44,442	144 m	2017	2018
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad	Russia	35,212	5 m	2018	2018
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