Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

26 venues across 3 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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Oldest

Olympia

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Newest

Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1954, 1958, 2022 — 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.
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
7.
Ryavallen
Borås, Sweden
138 m
cap 21,000
8.
Idrottsparken
Norrköping, Sweden
39 m
cap 17,234
9.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
38 m
cap 44,740
10.
Eyravallen
Örebro, Sweden
35 m
cap 13,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1958, 2022

1.
Lusail Stadium
Lusail, Qatar
10 matches
2022 (10)
2.
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
9 matches
2022 (9)
3.
Råsunda Stadium
Solna, Sweden
8 matches
1958 (8)
4.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
5.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
6.
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
7.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
8.
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
9.
Stadium 974
Doha, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
10.
Ullevi
Gothenburg, Sweden
7 matches
1958 (7)
11.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
12.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (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

3 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)

2.96g/m

287 goals · 97 matches · 19 venues

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
Lusail Stadium Lusail	Qatar	88,966	10 m	2021	2022
Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor	Qatar	68,895	5 m	2021	2022
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
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013	Sweden	50,000	22 m	1937	1958
Khalifa International Stadium Doha	Qatar	45,857	26 m	1976	2022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,740	38 m	2020	2022
Education City Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,667	19 m	2020	2022
Al Thumama Stadium Doha	Qatar	44,400	17 m	2021	2022
Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah	Qatar	44,325	8 m	2019	2022
Stadium 974 Doha · demolished 2024	Qatar	44,089	7 m	2021	2022
Ullevi Gothenburg	Sweden	43,000	8 m	1958	1958
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Malmö Stadion Malmö	Sweden	30,000	12 m	1958	1958
Ryavallen Borås	Sweden	21,000	138 m	1941	1958
Arosvallen Västerås	Sweden	20,000	18 m	1932	1958
Idrottsparken Norrköping	Sweden	17,234	39 m	1903	1958
Rimnersvallen Uddevalla	Sweden	17,000	5 m	1923	1958
Olympia Helsingborg	Sweden	16,500	34 m	1898	1958
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Örjans Vall Halmstad	Sweden	15,500	7 m	1922	1958
Eyravallen Örebro	Sweden	13,000	35 m	1923	1958
Tunavallen Eskilstuna	Sweden	7,800	15 m	1921	1958
Jernvallen Sandviken	Sweden	7,500	0 m	1938	1958
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954