Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

25 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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Stadiums

Host countries

1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

2005

Newest

Allianz Arena

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Venues used in 1954, 1962, 1974, 2006 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

25 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.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
575 m
cap 48,665
3.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
4.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
5.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
6.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
7.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
8.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
9.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
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 1954, 1962, 1974, 2006

1.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
14 matches
1974 (8), 2006 (6)
2.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
10 matches
1974 (4), 2006 (6)
3.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
10 matches
1974 (4), 2006 (6)
4.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
10 matches
1974 (5), 2006 (5)
5.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
6.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
9 matches
1974 (4), 2006 (5)
7.
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg, Germany
8 matches
1974 (3), 2006 (5)
8.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
9.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
10.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
11.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
12.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)

GET /matches?year=… (count grouped by stadiumId)

Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

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Stadiums by host country

3 countries have hosted matches

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Goals per match by stadium altitude

Does the air thin out the defense? Bands aligned with FIFA altitude-acclimatization thresholds.

Sea level (<200m)

2.46g/m

224 goals · 91 matches · 12 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.61g/m

249 goals · 69 matches · 12 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
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
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
RheinEnergieStadion Cologne	Germany	50,000	71 m	2004	2006
Max-Morlock-Stadion Nuremberg	Germany	50,000	324 m	1928	2006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern	Germany	49,850	292 m	1920	2006
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar	Chile	18,000	13 m	1929	1962
Estadio Carlos Dittborn Arica	Chile	17,786	49 m	1962	1962
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Estadio El Teniente Rancagua	Chile	15,000	512 m	1945	1962
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954