Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

36 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1950, 1954, 2006, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

36 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.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
7.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
8.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
9.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
10.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
324 m
cap 50,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1954, 2006, 2018

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
2.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
3.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
4.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
5.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
6.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
7.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
8.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
9.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
10.
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)
Kazan, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
11.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
12.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)

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

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)

2.61g/m

295 goals · 113 matches · 22 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.95g/m

229 goals · 58 matches · 12 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
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany	74,475	65 m	1936	1974, 2006
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
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
RheinEnergieStadion Cologne	Germany	50,000	71 m	2004	2006
Max-Morlock-Stadion Nuremberg	Germany	50,000	324 m	1928	2006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern	Germany	49,850	292 m	1920	2006
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi	Russia	47,659	1 m	2013	2018
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
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
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad	Russia	35,212	5 m	2018	2018
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