Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

18 venues across 3 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

1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

1962

Newest

Estadio Carlos Dittborn

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Venues used in 1950, 1962, 1966 — 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.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
575 m
cap 48,665
5.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
6.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
103 m
cap 42,918
7.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
69 m
cap 39,732
8.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
60 m
cap 98,600
9.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
53 m
cap 20,000
10.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
49 m
cap 17,786

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1962, 1966

1.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
2.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
3.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
4.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
5.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
6.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
7.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
8.
Goodison Park
Liverpool, England
5 matches
1966 (5)
9.
Roker Park
Sunderland, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
10.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
4 matches
1966 (4)
11.
Old Trafford
Manchester, England
3 matches
1966 (3)
12.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
3 matches
1966 (3)

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

3 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)

3.10g/m

180 goals · 58 matches · 13 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.87g/m

66 goals · 23 matches · 3 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
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
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
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
Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar	Chile	18,000	13 m	1929	1962
Estadio Carlos Dittborn Arica	Chile	17,786	49 m	1962	1962
Estadio El Teniente Rancagua	Chile	15,000	512 m	1945	1962