Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

32 venues across 4 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

1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

1958

Newest

Ullevi

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Venues used in 1950, 1954, 1958, 1966 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

32 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.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1954, 1958, 1966

1.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
2.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
3.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
4.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
5.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
6.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
7.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
8.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
5 matches
1966 (5)
9.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
10.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
11.
Roker Park
Sunderland, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
12.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
4 matches
1966 (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

4 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)

3.26g/m

248 goals · 76 matches · 22 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
Wembley Stadium (old) London · demolished 2003	England	98,600	60 m	1923	1966
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
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
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
Roker Park Sunderland · demolished 1997	England	40,310	30 m	1898	1966
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Ayresome Park Middlesbrough · demolished 1997	England	40,000	11 m	1903	1966
Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield	England	39,732	69 m	1899	1966
Goodison Park Liverpool	England	39,414	46 m	1892	1966
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
Malmö Stadion Malmö	Sweden	30,000	12 m	1958	1958
Estádio Independência Belo Horizonte	Brazil	23,018	847 m	1950	1950
Ryavallen Borås	Sweden	21,000	138 m	1941	1958
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
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
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Örjans Vall Halmstad	Sweden	15,500	7 m	1922	1958
Eyravallen Örebro	Sweden	13,000	35 m	1923	1958
Tunavallen Eskilstuna	Sweden	7,800	15 m	1921	1958
Jernvallen Sandviken	Sweden	7,500	0 m	1938	1958
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954