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Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

51 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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51
Stadiums
4
Host countries
1897
Oldest
Parc des Princes
2014
Newest
Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1950, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
51 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. 1.
    Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
    Brasília, Brazil
    1,119 m
    cap 72,788
  2. 2.
    Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
    Curitiba, Brazil
    910 m
    cap 40,502
  3. 3.
    Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
    Curitiba, Brazil
    887 m
    cap 20,000
  4. 4.
    Estádio Mineirão
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    850 m
    cap 58,170
  5. 5.
    Estádio Independência
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    847 m
    cap 23,018
  6. 6.
    Neo Química Arena
    São Paulo, Brazil
    785 m
    cap 49,205
  7. 7.
    Estádio do Pacaembu
    São Paulo, Brazil
    773 m
    cap 40,199
  8. 8.
    Allianz Arena
    Munich, Germany
    490 m
    cap 75,000
  9. 9.
    Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
    Saint-Étienne, France
    488 m
    cap 41,965
  10. 10.
    Max-Morlock-Stadion
    Nuremberg, Germany
    324 m
    cap 50,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1950, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2014
  1. 1.
    Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    15 matches
    1950 (8), 2014 (7)
  2. 2.
    Stade de France
    Saint-Denis, France
    9 matches
    1998 (9)
  3. 3.
    Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
    Brasília, Brazil
    7 matches
    2014 (7)
  4. 4.
    Stade Vélodrome
    Marseille, France
    7 matches
    1938, 1998 (7)
  5. 5.
    Signal Iduna Park
    Dortmund, Germany
    6 matches
    1974, 2006 (6)
  6. 6.
    Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
    Milan, Italy
    6 matches
    1934, 1990 (6)
  7. 7.
    Allianz Arena
    Munich, Germany
    6 matches
    2006 (6)
  8. 8.
    Olympiastadion
    Berlin, Germany
    6 matches
    1974, 2006 (6)
  9. 9.
    Stadio Olimpico
    Rome, Italy
    6 matches
    1990 (6)
  10. 10.
    Arena Castelão
    Fortaleza, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (6)
  11. 11.
    MHPArena
    Stuttgart, Germany
    6 matches
    1974, 2006 (6)
  12. 12.
    Estádio Mineirão
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    6 matches
    2014 (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)
2.58g/m
514 goals · 199 matches · 38 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.51g/m
113 goals · 45 matches · 8 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 appearancesCapacityAltitudeOpening yearName
StadiumCountryCapacityAltitudeOpenedWC editions
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund
Germany81,365108 m19741974, 2006
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil78,83821 m19501950, 2014
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan
Italy75,923176 m19261934, 1990
Olympiastadion
Berlin
Germany74,47565 m19361974, 2006
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille
France67,39412 m19371938, 1998
MHPArena
Stuttgart
Germany60,449224 m19331974, 2006
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg
Germany57,00025 m19531974, 2006
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt
Germany51,500116 m19251974, 2006
HDI-Arena
Hannover
Germany49,00065 m19541974, 2006
Parc des Princes
Paris
France47,92942 m18971938, 1998
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence
Italy47,29051 m19311934, 1990
Stade de Gerland
Lyon
France41,000173 m19261938, 1998
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna
Italy38,27964 m19271934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa
Italy36,59926 m19111934, 1990
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux
France34,46224 m19381938, 1998
Stade de France
Saint-Denis
France80,69857 m19981998
Allianz Arena
Munich
Germany75,000490 m20052006
Stadio Olimpico
Rome
Italy73,60337 m19531990
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília
Brazil72,7881,119 m20132014
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin · demolished 2008
Italy67,229278 m19901990
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza
Brazil64,84629 m19732014
Veltins-Arena
Gelsenkirchen
Germany62,27157 m20012006
Stadio San Nicola
Bari
Italy58,27062 m19901990
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte
Brazil58,170850 m19652014
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples
Italy54,72651 m19591990
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador
Brazil51,90055 m20132014
Estádio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre
Brazil50,1289 m19692014
RheinEnergieStadion
Cologne
Germany50,00071 m20042006
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg
Germany50,000324 m19282006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern
Germany49,850292 m19202006
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo
Brazil49,205785 m20142014
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
Leipzig
Germany47,069114 m20042006
Arena Pernambuco
São Lourenço da Mata
Brazil44,24826 m20132014
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne
France41,965488 m19311998
Stadio Friuli
Udine
Italy41,652115 m19761990
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá
Brazil41,390173 m20142014
Arena da Amazônia
Manaus
Brazil40,54941 m20142014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba
Brazil40,502910 m19142014
Estádio do Pacaembu
São Paulo
Brazil40,199773 m19401950
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Verona
Italy39,37160 m19631990
Stadio Sant'Elia
Cagliari
Italy39,0001 m19701990
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Lens
France37,70541 m19331998
Stadio Renzo Barbera
Palermo
Italy36,34943 m19321990
Stade de la Beaujoire
Nantes
France35,32227 m19841998
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse
France33,150148 m19371998
Stade de la Mosson
Montpellier
France32,93941 m19721998
Arena das Dunas
Natal
Brazil31,37534 m20142014
Estádio Ilha do Retiro
Recife
Brazil30,0006 m19371950
Estádio Independência
Belo Horizonte
Brazil23,018847 m19501950
Estádio Durival de Britto (Vila Capanema)
Curitiba
Brazil20,000887 m19471950
Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Porto Alegre · demolished 1981
Brazil20,00053 m19311950