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Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

38 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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38
Stadiums
4
Host countries
1898
Oldest
Olympia
2021
Newest
Lusail Stadium

Stadium map

Venues used in 1950, 1958, 2018, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
38 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. 1.
    Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
    Curitiba, Brazil
    887 m
    cap 20,000
  2. 2.
    Estádio Independência
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    847 m
    cap 23,018
  3. 3.
    Estádio do Pacaembu
    São Paulo, Brazil
    773 m
    cap 40,199
  4. 4.
    Yekaterinburg Arena
    Yekaterinburg, Russia
    277 m
    cap 35,696
  5. 5.
    Samara Arena
    Samara, Russia
    161 m
    cap 44,918
  6. 6.
    Luzhniki Stadium
    Moscow, Russia
    159 m
    cap 78,011
  7. 7.
    Mordovia Arena
    Saransk, Russia
    144 m
    cap 44,442
  8. 8.
    Ryavallen
    Borås, Sweden
    138 m
    cap 21,000
  9. 9.
    Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
    Moscow, Russia
    125 m
    cap 45,360
  10. 10.
    Volgograd Arena
    Volgograd, Russia
    94 m
    cap 45,568
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1958, 2018, 2022
  1. 1.
    Lusail Stadium
    Lusail, Qatar
    10 matches
    2022 (10)
  2. 2.
    Al Bayt Stadium
    Al Khor, Qatar
    9 matches
    2022 (9)
  3. 3.
    Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    8 matches
    1950 (8), 2014
  4. 4.
    Råsunda Stadium
    Solna, Sweden
    8 matches
    1958 (8)
  5. 5.
    Khalifa International Stadium
    Doha, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  6. 6.
    Education City Stadium
    Al Rayyan, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  7. 7.
    Al Thumama Stadium
    Doha, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  8. 8.
    Luzhniki Stadium
    Moscow, Russia
    7 matches
    2018 (7)
  9. 9.
    Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
    Saint Petersburg, Russia
    7 matches
    2018 (7)
  10. 10.
    Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
    Al Rayyan, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  11. 11.
    Al Janoub Stadium
    Al Wakrah, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  12. 12.
    Stadium 974
    Doha, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
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)
2.92g/m
491 goals · 168 matches · 33 venues
Low (200-800m)
3.30g/m
33 goals · 10 matches · 2 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 appearancesCapacityAltitudeOpening yearName
StadiumCountryCapacityAltitudeOpenedWC editions
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil78,83821 m19501950, 2014
Lusail Stadium
Lusail
Qatar88,96610 m20212022
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow
Russia78,011159 m19562018
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor
Qatar68,8955 m20212022
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg
Russia68,13416 m20172018
Råsunda Stadium
Solna · demolished 2013
Sweden50,00022 m19371958
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi
Russia47,6591 m20132018
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha
Qatar45,85726 m19762022
Volgograd Arena
Volgograd
Russia45,56894 m20182018
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)
Kazan
Russia45,37949 m20132018
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow
Russia45,360125 m20142018
Rostov Arena
Rostov-on-Don
Russia45,0000 m20182018
Samara Arena
Samara
Russia44,918161 m20182018
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod
Russia44,89974 m20182018
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan
Qatar44,74038 m20202022
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan
Qatar44,66719 m20202022
Mordovia Arena
Saransk
Russia44,442144 m20172018
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha
Qatar44,40017 m20212022
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah
Qatar44,3258 m20192022
Stadium 974
Doha · demolished 2024
Qatar44,0897 m20212022
Ullevi
Gothenburg
Sweden43,0008 m19581958
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo
Brazil40,199773 m19401950
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg
Russia35,696277 m19572018
Kaliningrad Stadium
Kaliningrad
Russia35,2125 m20182018
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife
Brazil30,0006 m19371950
Malmö Stadion
Malmö
Sweden30,00012 m19581958
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte
Brazil23,018847 m19501950
Ryavallen
Borås
Sweden21,000138 m19411958
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba
Brazil20,000887 m19471950
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre · demolished 1981
Brazil20,00053 m19311950
Arosvallen
Västerås
Sweden20,00018 m19321958
Idrottsparken
Norrköping
Sweden17,23439 m19031958
Rimnersvallen
Uddevalla
Sweden17,0005 m19231958
Olympia
Helsingborg
Sweden16,50034 m18981958
Örjans Vall
Halmstad
Sweden15,5007 m19221958
Eyravallen
Örebro
Sweden13,00035 m19231958
Tunavallen
Eskilstuna
Sweden7,80015 m19211958
Jernvallen
Sandviken
Sweden7,5000 m19381958