Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

23 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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1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

2005

Newest

Allianz Arena

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Venues used in 1954, 1970, 2006 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

23 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.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
2,666 m
cap 30,000
2.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
2,287 m
cap 87,000
3.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
2,124 m
cap 51,726
4.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
1,808 m
cap 31,297
5.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
1,538 m
cap 55,020
6.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
7.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
8.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
9.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
10.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1970, 2006

1.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
10 matches
1970 (10), 1986, 2026
2.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
8 matches
1970 (8), 1986
3.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
7 matches
1970 (7), 1986
4.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
5.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
6.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
7.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
8.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
9.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
10.
Veltins-Arena
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
11.
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)
12.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)

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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)

2.17g/m

91 goals · 42 matches · 8 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.08g/m

196 goals · 48 matches · 10 venues

High (1500-2200m)

3.22g/m

58 goals · 18 matches · 3 venues

Very high (≥2200m)

2.64g/m

37 goals · 14 matches · 2 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
Estadio Azteca Mexico City	Mexico	87,000	2,287 m	1966	1970, 1986, 2026
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
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara	Mexico	55,020	1,538 m	1960	1970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla	Mexico	51,726	2,124 m	1968	1970, 1986
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
Estadio León León	Mexico	31,297	1,808 m	1967	1970, 1986
Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca	Mexico	30,000	2,666 m	1954	1970, 1986
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
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
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
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954