Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

15 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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Host countries

1925

Oldest

Rheinstadion

1974

Newest

Signal Iduna Park

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

15 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.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
5.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
6.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
7.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365
8.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
65 m
cap 74,475
9.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
65 m
cap 49,000
10.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
57 m
cap 70,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1974

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 matches
1950 (8), 2014
2.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
3.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
4.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
5.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
6.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006
7.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006
8.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006
9.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006
10.
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg, Germany
3 matches
1974 (3), 2006
11.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
3 matches
1950 (3)
12.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
2 matches
1950 (2)

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

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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)

2.89g/m

130 goals · 45 matches · 10 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.50g/m

35 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 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
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
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
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