Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

26 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

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1914

Oldest

Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)

2014

Newest

Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1950, 1974, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

26 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 Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba, Brazil
887 m
cap 20,000
4.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
5.
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
847 m
cap 23,018
6.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
7.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
773 m
cap 40,199
8.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
9.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
10.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
173 m
cap 41,390

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1974, 2014

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 matches
1950 (8), 2014 (7)
2.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
3.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
4.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
5.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
6.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
7.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
8.
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
1950 (6)
9.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
10.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
11.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006
12.
Estádio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre, Brazil
5 matches
2014 (5)

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)

2.85g/m

245 goals · 86 matches · 17 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.88g/m

46 goals · 16 matches · 3 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.95g/m

65 goals · 22 matches · 5 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
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo	Brazil	40,199	773 m	1940	1950
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014
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