Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

51 venues across 6 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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Host countries

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

2002

Newest

Incheon Munhak Stadium

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Venues used in 1954, 1974, 1978, 1998, 2002 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

51 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 Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
2.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
3.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
4.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
5.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
6.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
7.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
8.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
9.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
10.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1974, 1978, 1998, 2002

1.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
2.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
3.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
4.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
5.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
6.
Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seoul, South Korea
6 matches
2002 (6)
7.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
8.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
9.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
10.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
11.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
12.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (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

6 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)

2.55g/m

451 goals · 177 matches · 38 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.48g/m

197 goals · 44 matches · 9 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.67g/m

16 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue

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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
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
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Olympiastadion München Munich	Germany	80,000	524 m	1972	1974
International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama	Japan	72,327	38 m	1998	2002
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002	Germany	70,000	38 m	1925	1974
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008	Germany	70,000	57 m	1973	1974
Seoul World Cup Stadium Seoul	South Korea	66,704	29 m	2001	2002
Daegu World Cup Stadium Daegu	South Korea	66,422	82 m	2001	2002
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
Saitama Stadium 2002 Saitama	Japan	63,700	11 m	2001	2002
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998	Switzerland	60,000	262 m	1954	1954
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Busan Asiad Stadium Busan	South Korea	53,769	25 m	2001	2002
Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA Fukuroi	Japan	50,889	50 m	2001	2002
Incheon Munhak Stadium Incheon	South Korea	50,256	38 m	2002	2002
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Miyagi Stadium Rifu	Japan	49,000	56 m	2000	2002
Yanmar Stadium Nagai Osaka	Japan	47,000	13 m	1996	2002
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Ulsan	South Korea	43,550	8 m	2001	2002
Suwon World Cup Stadium Suwon	South Korea	43,288	68 m	2001	2002
Gwangju World Cup Stadium Gwangju	South Korea	42,880	48 m	2001	2002
Jeonju World Cup Stadium Jeonju	South Korea	42,477	13 m	2001	2002
Niigata Stadium (Big Swan) Niigata	Japan	42,300	1 m	2001	2002
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Sapporo Dome Sapporo	Japan	41,484	101 m	2001	2002
Kashima Soccer Stadium Kashima	Japan	40,728	51 m	1993	2002
Daejeon World Cup Stadium Daejeon	South Korea	40,535	61 m	2001	2002
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Ōita Stadium (Big Eye) Ōita	Japan	40,000	108 m	2001	2002
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Jeju World Cup Stadium Seogwipo	South Korea	35,657	72 m	2001	2002
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
Noevir Stadium Kobe Kobe	Japan	30,132	-1 m	2001	2002
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954