Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

31 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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Host countries

1911

Oldest

Stadio Luigi Ferraris

1990

Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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Venues used in 1950, 1962, 1974, 1990 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

31 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.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
6.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
7.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
8.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
9.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
10.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1962, 1974, 1990

1.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
2.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
3.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
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.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
8.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
9.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
10.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
11.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
12.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, 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

4 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)

2.65g/m

284 goals · 107 matches · 23 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.66g/m

85 goals · 32 matches · 5 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
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
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
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
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
Stadio San Nicola Bari	Italy	58,270	62 m	1990	1990
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
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
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo	Italy	36,349	43 m	1932	1990
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