Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

11 venues across 2 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

1931

Oldest

Estádio dos Eucaliptos

1968

Newest

Estadio Cuauhtémoc

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Venues used in 1950, 1970 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

11 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.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
2,666 m
cap 30,000
2.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
2,287 m
cap 87,000
3.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
2,124 m
cap 51,726
4.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
1,808 m
cap 31,297
5.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
1,538 m
cap 55,020
6.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
887 m
cap 20,000
7.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
847 m
cap 23,018
8.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
773 m
cap 40,199
9.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
53 m
cap 20,000
10.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21 m
cap 78,838

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1970

1.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
10 matches
1970 (10), 1986, 2026
2.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
3.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
8 matches
1970 (8), 1986
4.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
7 matches
1970 (7), 1986
5.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
6.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
4 matches
1970 (4), 1986
7.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
3 matches
1970 (3), 1986
8.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
3 matches
1950 (3)
9.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
2 matches
1950 (2)
10.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre, Brazil
2 matches
1950 (2)
11.
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife, Brazil
1 match
1950 (1)

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

2 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)

4.00g/m

44 goals · 11 matches · 3 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.00g/m

24 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue

Mid (800-1500m)

4.00g/m

20 goals · 5 matches · 2 venues

High (1500-2200m)

3.22g/m

58 goals · 18 matches · 3 venues

Very high (≥2200m)

2.64g/m

37 goals · 14 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
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
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara	Mexico	55,020	1,538 m	1960	1970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla	Mexico	51,726	2,124 m	1968	1970, 1986
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
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
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