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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1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1954, 1978, 1990, 2014, 2018 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

48 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.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
4.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
5.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
6.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
7.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
8.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
9.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
10.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1978, 1990, 2014, 2018

1.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
2.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
3.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 matches
1950, 2014 (7)
4.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
5.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
6.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
7.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
8.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
9.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
10.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
11.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
12.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (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

Sort:WC appearances Capacity Altitude Opening year Name

Stadium	Country	Capacity	Altitude	Opened	WC editions
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Milan	Italy	75,923	176 m	1926	1934, 1990
Stadio Artemio Franchi Florence	Italy	47,290	51 m	1931	1934, 1990
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Bologna	Italy	38,279	64 m	1927	1934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa	Italy	36,599	26 m	1911	1934, 1990
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
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
Stadio San Nicola Bari	Italy	58,270	62 m	1990	1990
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
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
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Verona	Italy	39,371	60 m	1963	1990
Stadio Sant'Elia Cagliari	Italy	39,000	1 m	1970	1990
Stadio Renzo Barbera Palermo	Italy	36,349	43 m	1932	1990
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
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
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954