Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

6 venues across 1 host nation for the selected year. Capacity, altitude, opening year, tournament appearances. Click any row to query the underlying API (GET /stadiums/{id}).

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Stadiums

Host countries

1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

1954

Newest

St. Jakob Stadium

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Venues used in 1954 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

6 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.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
2.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
3.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
4.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
5.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
6.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954

1.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
2.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
3.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
4.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
5.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
4 matches
1954 (4)
6.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
1 match
1954 (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

1 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.

Low (200-800m)

5.38g/m

140 goals · 26 matches · 6 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
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954