Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

18 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

Host countries

1904

Oldest

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

1990

Newest

Stadio delle Alpi

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

18 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.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
4.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
5.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
6.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
278 m
cap 67,229
7.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
8.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
176 m
cap 75,923
9.
Stadio Friuli
Udine, Italy
115 m
cap 41,652
10.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
64 m
cap 38,279

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1990

1.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan, Italy
6 matches
1934, 1990 (6)
2.
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy
6 matches
1990 (6)
3.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
4.
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
5.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
6.
Stadio San Nicola
Bari, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
7.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples, Italy
5 matches
1990 (5)
8.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
9.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
10.
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence, Italy
4 matches
1934, 1990 (4)
11.
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Verona, Italy
4 matches
1990 (4)
12.
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna, Italy
4 matches
1934, 1990 (4)

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

2 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)

2.28g/m

107 goals · 47 matches · 11 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.77g/m

148 goals · 31 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
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
Stadio Olimpico Rome	Italy	73,603	37 m	1953	1990
Stadio delle Alpi Turin · demolished 2008	Italy	67,229	278 m	1990	1990
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
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Naples	Italy	54,726	51 m	1959	1990
Stadio Friuli Udine	Italy	41,652	115 m	1976	1990
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
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