Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
37 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}).
Tournament — click to filter (4 selected)
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Stadiums
4
Host countries
1906
Oldest
Loftus Versfeld Stadium2018
Newest
Nizhny Novgorod StadiumStadium map
Venues used in 1950, 1974, 2010, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
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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.Ellis Park StadiumJohannesburg, South Africa1,728 mcap 62,567
- 2.FNB Stadium (Soccer City)Johannesburg, South Africa1,701 mcap 84,490
- 3.Free State StadiumBloemfontein, South Africa1,409 mcap 48,000
- 4.Loftus Versfeld StadiumPretoria, South Africa1,367 mcap 51,762
- 5.Peter Mokaba StadiumPolokwane, South Africa1,293 mcap 41,733
- 6.Royal Bafokeng StadiumRustenburg, South Africa1,177 mcap 38,646
- 7.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)Curitiba, Brazil887 mcap 20,000 - 8.Estádio IndependênciaBelo Horizonte, Brazil847 mcap 23,018
- 9.Estádio do PacaembuSão Paulo, Brazil773 mcap 40,199
- 10.Mbombela StadiumMbombela, South Africa629 mcap 43,500
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1950, 1974, 2010, 2018
- 1.FNB Stadium (Soccer City)Johannesburg, South Africa8 matches2010 (8)
- 2.Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil8 matches1950 (8), 2014
- 3.
OlympiastadionBerlin, Germany8 matches1974 (8), 2006 - 4.Cape Town StadiumCape Town, South Africa8 matches2010 (8)
- 5.Nelson Mandela Bay StadiumGqeberha, South Africa8 matches2010 (8)
- 6.Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 7.Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)Saint Petersburg, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 8.Moses Mabhida StadiumDurban, South Africa7 matches2010 (7)
- 9.Ellis Park StadiumJohannesburg, South Africa7 matches2010 (7)
- 10.Loftus Versfeld StadiumPretoria, South Africa6 matches2010 (6)
- 11.Free State StadiumBloemfontein, South Africa6 matches2010 (6)
- 12.Fisht Olympic StadiumSochi, Russia6 matches2018 (6)
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)
2.67g/m
342 goals · 128 matches · 24 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.94g/m
53 goals · 18 matches · 4 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
2.37g/m
64 goals · 27 matches · 6 venues
High (1500-2200m)
2.67g/m
40 goals · 15 matches · 2 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| 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 |
FNB Stadium (Soccer City) Johannesburg | South Africa | 84,490 | 1,701 m | 1989 | 2010 |
Olympiastadion München Munich | Germany | 80,000 | 524 m | 1972 | 1974 |
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow | Russia | 78,011 | 159 m | 1956 | 2018 |
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002 | Germany | 70,000 | 38 m | 1925 | 1974 |
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008 | Germany | 70,000 | 57 m | 1973 | 1974 |
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg | Russia | 68,134 | 16 m | 2017 | 2018 |
Cape Town Stadium Cape Town | South Africa | 64,100 | 9 m | 2009 | 2010 |
Moses Mabhida Stadium Durban | South Africa | 62,760 | 13 m | 2009 | 2010 |
Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg | South Africa | 62,567 | 1,728 m | 1928 | 2010 |
Loftus Versfeld Stadium Pretoria | South Africa | 51,762 | 1,367 m | 1906 | 2010 |
Free State Stadium Bloemfontein | South Africa | 48,000 | 1,409 m | 1952 | 2010 |
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi | Russia | 47,659 | 1 m | 2013 | 2018 |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Gqeberha | South Africa | 46,000 | 14 m | 2009 | 2010 |
Volgograd Arena Volgograd | Russia | 45,568 | 94 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena) Kazan | Russia | 45,379 | 49 m | 2013 | 2018 |
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium) Moscow | Russia | 45,360 | 125 m | 2014 | 2018 |
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don | Russia | 45,000 | 0 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Samara Arena Samara | Russia | 44,918 | 161 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 44,899 | 74 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Mordovia Arena Saransk | Russia | 44,442 | 144 m | 2017 | 2018 |
Mbombela Stadium Mbombela | South Africa | 43,500 | 629 m | 2009 | 2010 |
Peter Mokaba Stadium Polokwane | South Africa | 41,733 | 1,293 m | 2010 | 2010 |
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo | Brazil | 40,199 | 773 m | 1940 | 1950 |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium Rustenburg | South Africa | 38,646 | 1,177 m | 1999 | 2010 |
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg | Russia | 35,696 | 277 m | 1957 | 2018 |
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad | Russia | 35,212 | 5 m | 2018 | 2018 |
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 |