Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

30 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1929

Oldest

Estadio Sausalito

2002

Newest

Incheon Munhak Stadium

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Venues used in 1950, 1962, 2002 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

30 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.
Ōita Stadium (Big Eye)
Ōita, Japan
108 m
cap 40,000
7.
Sapporo Dome
Sapporo, Japan
101 m
cap 41,484
8.
Daegu World Cup Stadium
Daegu, South Korea
82 m
cap 66,422
9.
Jeju World Cup Stadium
Seogwipo, South Korea
72 m
cap 35,657
10.
Suwon World Cup Stadium
Suwon, South Korea
68 m
cap 43,288

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1962, 2002

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.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
4.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
5.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
6.
Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seoul, South Korea
6 matches
2002 (6)
7.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
8.
International Stadium Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan
4 matches
2002 (4)
9.
Daegu World Cup Stadium
Daegu, South Korea
4 matches
2002 (4)
10.
Saitama Stadium 2002
Saitama, Japan
4 matches
2002 (4)
11.
Suwon World Cup Stadium
Suwon, South Korea
4 matches
2002 (4)
12.
Busan Asiad Stadium
Busan, South Korea
3 matches
2002 (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

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)

2.82g/m

245 goals · 87 matches · 23 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
International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama	Japan	72,327	38 m	1998	2002
Seoul World Cup Stadium Seoul	South Korea	66,704	29 m	2001	2002
Daegu World Cup Stadium Daegu	South Korea	66,422	82 m	2001	2002
Saitama Stadium 2002 Saitama	Japan	63,700	11 m	2001	2002
Busan Asiad Stadium Busan	South Korea	53,769	25 m	2001	2002
Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA Fukuroi	Japan	50,889	50 m	2001	2002
Incheon Munhak Stadium Incheon	South Korea	50,256	38 m	2002	2002
Miyagi Stadium Rifu	Japan	49,000	56 m	2000	2002
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
Yanmar Stadium Nagai Osaka	Japan	47,000	13 m	1996	2002
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Ulsan	South Korea	43,550	8 m	2001	2002
Suwon World Cup Stadium Suwon	South Korea	43,288	68 m	2001	2002
Gwangju World Cup Stadium Gwangju	South Korea	42,880	48 m	2001	2002
Jeonju World Cup Stadium Jeonju	South Korea	42,477	13 m	2001	2002
Niigata Stadium (Big Swan) Niigata	Japan	42,300	1 m	2001	2002
Sapporo Dome Sapporo	Japan	41,484	101 m	2001	2002
Kashima Soccer Stadium Kashima	Japan	40,728	51 m	1993	2002
Daejeon World Cup Stadium Daejeon	South Korea	40,535	61 m	2001	2002
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Ōita Stadium (Big Eye) Ōita	Japan	40,000	108 m	2001	2002
Jeju World Cup Stadium Seogwipo	South Korea	35,657	72 m	2001	2002
Noevir Stadium Kobe Kobe	Japan	30,132	-1 m	2001	2002
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