Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

15 venues across 2 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

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1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

1974

Newest

Signal Iduna Park

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

15 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.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
4.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
5.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
6.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
7.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
8.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
9.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
10.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1974

1.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
2.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
3.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
4.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
5.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
6.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006
7.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
8.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
9.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006
10.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006
11.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006
12.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
4 matches
1954 (4)

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Average capacity by opening decade

Are WC venues getting bigger over time?

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Stadiums by host country

2 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)

2.53g/m

86 goals · 34 matches · 7 venues

Low (200-800m)

5.03g/m

151 goals · 30 matches · 7 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
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
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
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