Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

6 venues across 1 host nation for the selected year. Capacity, altitude, opening year, tournament appearances. Click any row to query the underlying API (GET /stadiums/{id}).

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Host countries

1931

Oldest

Estádio dos Eucaliptos

1950

Newest

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)

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Venues used in 1950 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

6 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 Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
887 m
cap 20,000
2.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
847 m
cap 23,018
3.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
773 m
cap 40,199
4.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
53 m
cap 20,000
5.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21 m
cap 78,838
6.
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife, Brazil
6 m
cap 30,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
2.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
3.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
3 matches
1950 (3)
4.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
2 matches
1950 (2)
5.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
2 matches
1950 (2)
6.
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife, Brazil
1 match
1950 (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

1 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)

4.00g/m

44 goals · 11 matches · 3 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.00g/m

24 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue

Mid (800-1500m)

4.00g/m

20 goals · 5 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
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Estádio Ilha do Retiro Recife	Brazil	30,000	6 m	1937	1950
Estádio Independência Belo Horizonte	Brazil	23,018	847 m	1950	1950
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