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Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

48 venues across 5 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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48
Stadiums
5
Host countries
1897
Oldest
Parc des Princes
2021
Newest
Lusail Stadium

Stadium map

Venues used in 1954, 1958, 1990, 1998, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
48 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.
    Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    614 m
    cap 15,850
  2. 2.
    Wankdorf Stadium
    Bern, Switzerland
    560 m
    cap 64,000
  3. 3.
    Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
    Saint-Étienne, France
    488 m
    cap 41,965
  4. 4.
    Stade des Charmilles
    Geneva, Switzerland
    432 m
    cap 35,000
  5. 5.
    Hardturm
    Zürich, Switzerland
    401 m
    cap 35,000
  6. 6.
    Cornaredo Stadium
    Lugano, Switzerland
    364 m
    cap 6,330
  7. 7.
    Stadio delle Alpi
    Turin, Italy
    278 m
    cap 67,229
  8. 8.
    St. Jakob Stadium
    Basel, Switzerland
    262 m
    cap 60,000
  9. 9.
    Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
    Milan, Italy
    176 m
    cap 75,923
  10. 10.
    Stade de Gerland
    Lyon, France
    173 m
    cap 41,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1958, 1990, 1998, 2022
  1. 1.
    Lusail Stadium
    Lusail, Qatar
    10 matches
    2022 (10)
  2. 2.
    Stade de France
    Saint-Denis, France
    9 matches
    1998 (9)
  3. 3.
    Al Bayt Stadium
    Al Khor, Qatar
    9 matches
    2022 (9)
  4. 4.
    Råsunda Stadium
    Solna, Sweden
    8 matches
    1958 (8)
  5. 5.
    Khalifa International Stadium
    Doha, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  6. 6.
    Education City Stadium
    Al Rayyan, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  7. 7.
    Al Thumama Stadium
    Doha, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  8. 8.
    Stade Vélodrome
    Marseille, France
    7 matches
    1938, 1998 (7)
  9. 9.
    Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
    Al Rayyan, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  10. 10.
    Al Janoub Stadium
    Al Wakrah, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  11. 11.
    Stadium 974
    Doha, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  12. 12.
    Ullevi
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    7 matches
    1958 (7)
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

5 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)
2.73g/m
551 goals · 202 matches · 39 venues
Low (200-800m)
4.38g/m
162 goals · 37 matches · 8 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band

All venues

Sort:WC appearancesCapacityAltitudeOpening yearName
StadiumCountryCapacityAltitudeOpenedWC editions
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan
Italy75,923176 m19261934, 1990
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille
France67,39412 m19371938, 1998
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
Lusail Stadium
Lusail
Qatar88,96610 m20212022
Stade de France
Saint-Denis
France80,69857 m19981998
Stadio Olimpico
Rome
Italy73,60337 m19531990
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor
Qatar68,8955 m20212022
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin · demolished 2008
Italy67,229278 m19901990
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern · demolished 2001
Switzerland64,000560 m19251954
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel · demolished 1998
Switzerland60,000262 m19541954
Stadio San Nicola
Bari
Italy58,27062 m19901990
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples
Italy54,72651 m19591990
Råsunda Stadium
Solna · demolished 2013
Sweden50,00022 m19371958
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha
Qatar45,85726 m19762022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan
Qatar44,74038 m20202022
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan
Qatar44,66719 m20202022
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha
Qatar44,40017 m20212022
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah
Qatar44,3258 m20192022
Stadium 974
Doha · demolished 2024
Qatar44,0897 m20212022
Ullevi
Gothenburg
Sweden43,0008 m19581958
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne
France41,965488 m19311998
Stadio Friuli
Udine
Italy41,652115 m19761990
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
Hardturm
Zürich · demolished 2008
Switzerland35,000401 m19291954
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva · demolished 2003
Switzerland35,000432 m19301954
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse
France33,150148 m19371998
Stade de la Mosson
Montpellier
France32,93941 m19721998
Malmö Stadion
Malmö
Sweden30,00012 m19581958
Ryavallen
Borås
Sweden21,000138 m19411958
Arosvallen
Västerås
Sweden20,00018 m19321958
Idrottsparken
Norrköping
Sweden17,23439 m19031958
Rimnersvallen
Uddevalla
Sweden17,0005 m19231958
Olympia
Helsingborg
Sweden16,50034 m18981958
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne
Switzerland15,850614 m19041954
Örjans Vall
Halmstad
Sweden15,5007 m19221958
Eyravallen
Örebro
Sweden13,00035 m19231958
Tunavallen
Eskilstuna
Sweden7,80015 m19211958
Jernvallen
Sandviken
Sweden7,5000 m19381958
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano
Switzerland6,330364 m19511954