Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
48 venues across 5 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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Host countries
1904
Oldest
2018
Newest
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Venues used in 1954, 1978, 1990, 2014, 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.
Estádio Nacional Mané GarrinchaBrasília, Brazil1,119 mcap 72,788 - 2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)Curitiba, Brazil910 mcap 40,502 - 3.
Estádio MineirãoBelo Horizonte, Brazil850 mcap 58,170 - 4.
Estadio Malvinas ArgentinasMendoza, Argentina839 mcap 40,268 - 5.
Neo Química ArenaSão Paulo, Brazil785 mcap 49,205 - 6.
Stade Olympique de la PontaiseLausanne, Switzerland614 mcap 15,850 - 7.
Wankdorf StadiumBern, Switzerland560 mcap 64,000 - 8.
Stade des CharmillesGeneva, Switzerland432 mcap 35,000 - 9.
Estadio Mario Alberto KempesCórdoba, Argentina422 mcap 57,000 - 10.
HardturmZürich, Switzerland401 mcap 35,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1954, 1978, 1990, 2014, 2018
- 1.
Estadio MonumentalBuenos Aires, Argentina9 matches1978 (9) - 2.
Estadio Mario Alberto KempesCórdoba, Argentina8 matches1978 (8) - 3.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil7 matches1950, 2014 (7) - 4.
Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia7 matches2018 (7) - 5.
Estádio Nacional Mané GarrinchaBrasília, Brazil7 matches2014 (7) - 6.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)Saint Petersburg, Russia7 matches2018 (7) - 7.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)Milan, Italy6 matches1934, 1990 (6) - 8.
Stadio OlimpicoRome, Italy6 matches1990 (6) - 9.
Arena CastelãoFortaleza, Brazil6 matches2014 (6) - 10.
St. Jakob StadiumBasel, Switzerland6 matches1954 (6) - 11.
Estádio MineirãoBelo Horizonte, Brazil6 matches2014 (6) - 12.
Arena Fonte NovaSalvador, Brazil6 matches2014 (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
5 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)
2.53g/m
436 goals · 172 matches · 34 venues
Low (200-800m)
4.08g/m
200 goals · 49 matches · 10 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
2.65g/m
61 goals · 23 matches · 4 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| Stadium | Country | Capacity | Altitude | Opened | WC editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro | 78,838 | 21 m | 1950 | 1950, 2014 | |
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan | 75,923 | 176 m | 1926 | 1934, 1990 | |
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence | 47,290 | 51 m | 1931 | 1934, 1990 | |
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna | 38,279 | 64 m | 1927 | 1934, 1990 | |
Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa | 36,599 | 26 m | 1911 | 1934, 1990 | |
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires | 83,214 | 15 m | 1938 | 1978 | |
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow | 78,011 | 159 m | 1956 | 2018 | |
Stadio Olimpico Rome | 73,603 | 37 m | 1953 | 1990 | |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília | 72,788 | 1,119 m | 2013 | 2014 | |
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg | 68,134 | 16 m | 2017 | 2018 | |
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008 | 67,229 | 278 m | 1990 | 1990 | |
Arena Castelão Fortaleza | 64,846 | 29 m | 1973 | 2014 | |
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001 | 64,000 | 560 m | 1925 | 1954 | |
St. Jakob Stadium Basel · demolished 1998 | 60,000 | 262 m | 1954 | 1954 | |
Stadio San Nicola Bari | 58,270 | 62 m | 1990 | 1990 | |
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte | 58,170 | 850 m | 1965 | 2014 | |
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba | 57,000 | 422 m | 1978 | 1978 | |
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples | 54,726 | 51 m | 1959 | 1990 | |
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador | 51,900 | 55 m | 2013 | 2014 | |
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre | 50,128 | 9 m | 1969 | 2014 | |
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires | 49,540 | 18 m | 1951 | 1978 | |
Neo Química Arena São Paulo | 49,205 | 785 m | 2014 | 2014 | |
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi | 47,659 | 1 m | 2013 | 2018 | |
Volgograd Arena Volgograd | 45,568 | 94 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena) Kazan | 45,379 | 49 m | 2013 | 2018 | |
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium) Moscow | 45,360 | 125 m | 2014 | 2018 | |
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don | 45,000 | 0 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Samara Arena Samara | 44,918 | 161 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod | 44,899 | 74 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Mordovia Arena Saransk | 44,442 | 144 m | 2017 | 2018 | |
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata | 44,248 | 26 m | 2013 | 2014 | |
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario | 41,654 | 9 m | 1929 | 1978 | |
Stadio Friuli Udine | 41,652 | 115 m | 1976 | 1990 | |
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá | 41,390 | 173 m | 2014 | 2014 | |
Arena da Amazônia Manaus | 40,549 | 41 m | 2014 | 2014 | |
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba | 40,502 | 910 m | 1914 | 2014 | |
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza | 40,268 | 839 m | 1978 | 1978 | |
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona | 39,371 | 60 m | 1963 | 1990 | |
Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari | 39,000 | 1 m | 1970 | 1990 | |
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo | 36,349 | 43 m | 1932 | 1990 | |
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg | 35,696 | 277 m | 1957 | 2018 | |
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata | 35,500 | 12 m | 1978 | 1978 | |
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad | 35,212 | 5 m | 2018 | 2018 | |
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008 | 35,000 | 401 m | 1929 | 1954 | |
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003 | 35,000 | 432 m | 1930 | 1954 | |
Arena das Dunas Natal | 31,375 | 34 m | 2014 | 2014 | |
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne | 15,850 | 614 m | 1904 | 1954 | |
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano | 6,330 | 364 m | 1951 | 1954 |