Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

16 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

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1998

Newest

Stade de France

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

16 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 Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
4.
Stade des Charmilles
Geneva, Switzerland
432 m
cap 35,000
5.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
401 m
cap 35,000
6.
Cornaredo Stadium
Lugano, Switzerland
364 m
cap 6,330
7.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
8.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
9.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
148 m
cap 33,150
10.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
57 m
cap 80,698

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 1998

1.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
2.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
3.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
4.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
5.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
6.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
7.
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Lens, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
8.
Stade de la Beaujoire
Nantes, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
9.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
10.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
11.
Stade de la Mosson
Montpellier, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
12.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (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

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)

2.71g/m

157 goals · 58 matches · 9 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.81g/m

154 goals · 32 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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
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
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
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
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
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
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954