Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

27 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

2021

Newest

Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1938, 1974, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

27 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.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
3.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
4.
Stade de la Meinau
Strasbourg, France
145 m
cap 26,109
5.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
6.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365
7.
Stade Auguste-Delaune
Reims, France
79 m
cap 21,684
8.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
65 m
cap 74,475
9.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
65 m
cap 49,000
10.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
57 m
cap 70,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1938, 1974, 2022

1.
Lusail Stadium
Lusail, Qatar
10 matches
2022 (10)
2.
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
9 matches
2022 (9)
3.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
4.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
5.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
6.
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
7.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
8.
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
9.
Stadium 974
Doha, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
10.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
11.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
12.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006

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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

330 goals · 113 matches · 22 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.75g/m

11 goals · 4 matches · 1 venue

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
Lusail Stadium Lusail	Qatar	88,966	10 m	2021	2022
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor	Qatar	68,895	5 m	2021	2022
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes	France	60,000	45 m	1907	1938
Khalifa International Stadium Doha	Qatar	45,857	26 m	1976	2022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,740	38 m	2020	2022
Education City Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,667	19 m	2020	2022
Al Thumama Stadium Doha	Qatar	44,400	17 m	2021	2022
Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah	Qatar	44,325	8 m	2019	2022
Stadium 974 Doha · demolished 2024	Qatar	44,089	7 m	2021	2022
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