Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

18 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

1898

Oldest

Olympia

1958

Newest

Ullevi

Stadium map

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

18 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.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
5.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
53 m
cap 20,000
6.
Idrottsparken
Norrköping, Sweden
39 m
cap 17,234
7.
Eyravallen
Örebro, Sweden
35 m
cap 13,000
8.
Olympia
Helsingborg, Sweden
34 m
cap 16,500
9.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
22 m
cap 50,000
10.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21 m
cap 78,838

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1958

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
2.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
3.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
4.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
5.
Malmö Stadion
Malmö, Sweden
4 matches
1958 (4)
6.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
3 matches
1950 (3)
7.
Idrottsparken
Norrköping, Sweden
3 matches
1958 (3)
8.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
2 matches
1958 (2)
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.
Arosvallen
Västerås, Sweden
2 matches
1958 (2)
12.
Örjans Vall
Halmstad, Sweden
2 matches
1958 (2)

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

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)

3.61g/m

159 goals · 44 matches · 14 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
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
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
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