Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

59 venues across 5 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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Oldest

Olympia

1990

Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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Venues used in 1950, 1958, 1982, 1986, 1990 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

59 venues

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Highest-altitude venues

Estadio Azteca's 2,287m made 1986 famous. Toluca tops out higher.

1.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
2,666 m
cap 30,000
2.
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City, Mexico
2,307 m
cap 72,000
3.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
2,287 m
cap 87,000
4.
Estadio Neza 86
Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico
2,236 m
cap 34,536
5.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
2,124 m
cap 51,726
6.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
1,808 m
cap 31,297
7.
Estadio Corregidora
Querétaro, Mexico
1,807 m
cap 38,575
8.
Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Irapuato, Mexico
1,718 m
cap 25,000
9.
Estadio Tres de Marzo
Zapopan, Mexico
1,633 m
cap 30,015
10.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
1,538 m
cap 55,020

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1958, 1982, 1986, 1990

1.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
9 matches
1970, 1986 (9), 2026
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.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
6.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
7.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
6 matches
1970, 1986 (6)
8.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
9.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
6 matches
1982 (6)
10.
Camp Nou
Barcelona, Spain
5 matches
1982 (5)
11.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
12.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)

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Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

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Stadiums by host country

5 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)

2.91g/m

361 goals · 124 matches · 36 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.42g/m

92 goals · 38 matches · 9 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

4.00g/m

20 goals · 5 matches · 2 venues

High (1500-2200m)

2.96g/m

74 goals · 25 matches · 6 venues

Very high (≥2200m)

2.58g/m

49 goals · 19 matches · 4 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
Estadio Azteca Mexico City	Mexico	87,000	2,287 m	1966	1970, 1986, 2026
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara	Mexico	55,020	1,538 m	1960	1970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla	Mexico	51,726	2,124 m	1968	1970, 1986
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna	Italy	38,279	64 m	1927	1934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa	Italy	36,599	26 m	1911	1934, 1990
Estadio León León	Mexico	31,297	1,808 m	1967	1970, 1986
Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca	Mexico	30,000	2,666 m	1954	1970, 1986
Camp Nou Barcelona	Spain	99,354	62 m	1957	1982
Santiago Bernabéu Madrid	Spain	81,044	720 m	1947	1982
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Estadio Olímpico Universitario Mexico City	Mexico	72,000	2,307 m	1952	1986
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
Estadio Vicente Calderón Madrid · demolished 2019	Spain	65,695	583 m	1966	1982
Estadio Benito Villamarín Seville	Spain	60,721	20 m	1929	1982
Stadio San Nicola Bari	Italy	58,270	62 m	1990	1990
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Mestalla Valencia	Spain	49,500	20 m	1923	1982
San Mamés (old) Bilbao · demolished 2013	Spain	46,200	30 m	1913	1982
Estadio Sarriá Barcelona · demolished 1997	Spain	44,000	95 m	1923	1982
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Seville	Spain	43,883	19 m	1958	1982
Estadio Universitario San Nicolás de los Garza	Mexico	43,780	529 m	1967	1986
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona	Italy	39,371	60 m	1963	1990
Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari	Italy	39,000	1 m	1970	1990
Estadio Corregidora Querétaro	Mexico	38,575	1,807 m	1985	1986
Estadio Tecnológico Monterrey · demolished 2017	Mexico	38,000	544 m	1950	1986
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo	Italy	36,349	43 m	1932	1990
Estadio Neza 86 Nezahualcóyotl	Mexico	34,536	2,236 m	1981	1986
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Elche	Spain	33,732	79 m	1976	1982
Estadio La Romareda Zaragoza	Spain	33,608	229 m	1957	1982
Estadio Riazor A Coruña	Spain	32,660	28 m	1944	1982
Estadio La Rosaleda Málaga	Spain	30,044	23 m	1941	1982
Estadio Tres de Marzo Zapopan	Mexico	30,015	1,633 m	1971	1986
Estádio Ilha do Retiro Recife	Brazil	30,000	6 m	1937	1950
Malmö Stadion Malmö	Sweden	30,000	12 m	1958	1958
Estadio José Rico Pérez Alicante	Spain	30,000	79 m	1974	1982
El Molinón Gijón	Spain	29,538	5 m	1908	1982
Estadio de Balaídos Vigo	Spain	29,000	10 m	1928	1982
Estadio José Zorrilla Valladolid	Spain	26,512	719 m	1982	1982
Estadio Sergio León Chávez Irapuato	Mexico	25,000	1,718 m	1974	1986
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old) Oviedo · demolished 2003	Spain	23,500	245 m	1932	1982
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