Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
31 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}).
Tournament — click to filter (4 selected)
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Stadiums
4
Host countries
1904
Oldest
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise2018
Newest
Nizhny Novgorod StadiumStadium map
Venues used in 1954, 1962, 1994, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
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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 PontaiseLausanne, Switzerland614 mcap 15,850
- 2.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile575 mcap 48,665 - 3.Wankdorf StadiumBern, Switzerland560 mcap 64,000
- 4.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile512 mcap 15,000
- 5.Stade des CharmillesGeneva, Switzerland432 mcap 35,000
- 6.HardturmZürich, Switzerland401 mcap 35,000
- 7.Cornaredo StadiumLugano, Switzerland364 mcap 6,330
- 8.
Pontiac SilverdomePontiac, United States296 mcap 80,338 - 9.Yekaterinburg ArenaYekaterinburg, Russia277 mcap 35,696
- 10.St. Jakob StadiumBasel, Switzerland262 mcap 60,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1954, 1962, 1994, 2018
- 1.Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile10 matches1962 (10)
- 2.Rose BowlPasadena, United States8 matches1994 (8)
- 3.Estadio SausalitoViña del Mar, Chile8 matches1962 (8)
- 4.Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 5.Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, United States7 matches1994 (7)
- 6.Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)Saint Petersburg, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 7.Estadio Carlos DittbornArica, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 8.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 9.Cotton BowlDallas, United States6 matches1994 (6)
- 10.St. Jakob StadiumBasel, Switzerland6 matches1954 (6)
- 11.Foxboro StadiumFoxborough, United States6 matches1994 (6)
- 12.Stanford StadiumStanford, United States6 matches1994 (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)
2.72g/m
313 goals · 115 matches · 20 venues
Low (200-800m)
3.83g/m
226 goals · 59 matches · 11 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| Stadium | Country | Capacity | Altitude | Opened | WC editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rose Bowl Pasadena | United States | 92,800 | 247 m | 1922 | 1994 |
Cotton Bowl Dallas | United States | 92,100 | 149 m | 1932 | 1994 |
Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac · demolished 2018 | United States | 80,338 | 296 m | 1975 | 1994 |
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow | Russia | 78,011 | 159 m | 1956 | 2018 |
Giants Stadium East Rutherford · demolished 2010 | United States | 75,338 | 23 m | 1976 | 1994 |
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg | Russia | 68,134 | 16 m | 2017 | 2018 |
Camping World Stadium Orlando | United States | 65,000 | 37 m | 1936 | 1994 |
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001 | Switzerland | 64,000 | 560 m | 1925 | 1954 |
Soldier Field Chicago | United States | 61,500 | 187 m | 1924 | 1994 |
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998 | Switzerland | 60,000 | 262 m | 1954 | 1954 |
RFK Stadium Washington · demolished 2025 | United States | 56,692 | 6 m | 1961 | 1994 |
Foxboro Stadium Foxborough · demolished 2002 | United States | 53,644 | 83 m | 1971 | 1994 |
Stanford Stadium Stanford | United States | 50,424 | 14 m | 1921 | 1994 |
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago | Chile | 48,665 | 575 m | 1938 | 1962 |
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi | Russia | 47,659 | 1 m | 2013 | 2018 |
Volgograd Arena Volgograd | Russia | 45,568 | 94 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena) Kazan | Russia | 45,379 | 49 m | 2013 | 2018 |
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium) Moscow | Russia | 45,360 | 125 m | 2014 | 2018 |
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don | Russia | 45,000 | 0 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Samara Arena Samara | Russia | 44,918 | 161 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 44,899 | 74 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Mordovia Arena Saransk | Russia | 44,442 | 144 m | 2017 | 2018 |
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg | Russia | 35,696 | 277 m | 1957 | 2018 |
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad | Russia | 35,212 | 5 m | 2018 | 2018 |
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 |