Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

35 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, 1982, 2006 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

35 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.
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid, Spain
720 m
cap 81,044
2.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
719 m
cap 26,512
3.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
614 m
cap 15,850
4.
Estadio Vicente Calderón
Madrid, Spain
583 m
cap 65,695
5.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
560 m
cap 64,000
6.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
7.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
8.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
9.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
10.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
324 m
cap 50,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1982, 2006

1.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
2.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
3.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
4.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
5.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
6.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
6 matches
1982 (6)
7.
Camp Nou
Barcelona, Spain
5 matches
1982 (5)
8.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
9.
Veltins-Arena
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
10.
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)
11.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)
12.
RheinEnergieStadion
Cologne, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)

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

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)

2.48g/m

186 goals · 75 matches · 19 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.69g/m

247 goals · 67 matches · 15 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
Camp Nou Barcelona	Spain	99,354	62 m	1957	1982
Santiago Bernabéu Madrid	Spain	81,044	720 m	1947	1982
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Estadio Vicente Calderón Madrid · demolished 2019	Spain	65,695	583 m	1966	1982
Wankdorf Stadium Bern · demolished 2001	Switzerland	64,000	560 m	1925	1954
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
Estadio Benito Villamarín Seville	Spain	60,721	20 m	1929	1982
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
Mestalla Valencia	Spain	49,500	20 m	1923	1982
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
San Mamés (old) Bilbao · demolished 2013	Spain	46,200	30 m	1913	1982
Estadio Sarriá Barcelona · demolished 1997	Spain	44,000	95 m	1923	1982
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Seville	Spain	43,883	19 m	1958	1982
Hardturm Zürich · demolished 2008	Switzerland	35,000	401 m	1929	1954
Stade des Charmilles Geneva · demolished 2003	Switzerland	35,000	432 m	1930	1954
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Elche	Spain	33,732	79 m	1976	1982
Estadio La Romareda Zaragoza	Spain	33,608	229 m	1957	1982
Estadio Riazor A Coruña	Spain	32,660	28 m	1944	1982
Estadio La Rosaleda Málaga	Spain	30,044	23 m	1941	1982
Estadio José Rico Pérez Alicante	Spain	30,000	79 m	1974	1982
El Molinón Gijón	Spain	29,538	5 m	1908	1982
Estadio de Balaídos Vigo	Spain	29,000	10 m	1928	1982
Estadio José Zorrilla Valladolid	Spain	26,512	719 m	1982	1982
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old) Oviedo · demolished 2003	Spain	23,500	245 m	1932	1982
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954