Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

12 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

1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

1954

Newest

St. Jakob Stadium

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Venues used in 1950, 1954 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

12 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.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
5.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
6.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
7.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
8.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
9.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
10.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
53 m
cap 20,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1954

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
2.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
3.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
4.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
5.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
6.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
7.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
4 matches
1954 (4)
8.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
3 matches
1950 (3)
9.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
2 matches
1950 (2)
10.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
2 matches
1950 (2)
11.
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife, Brazil
1 match
1950 (1)
12.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
1 match
1954 (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

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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)

4.00g/m

44 goals · 11 matches · 3 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.13g/m

164 goals · 32 matches · 7 venues

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
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
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
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954