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

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1954, 2018 — 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.
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg, Russia
277 m
cap 35,696
7.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
262 m
cap 60,000
8.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
161 m
cap 44,918
9.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
159 m
cap 78,011
10.
Mordovia Arena
Saransk, Russia
144 m
cap 44,442

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1954, 2018

1.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
2.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
3.
St. Jakob Stadium
Basel, Switzerland
6 matches
1954 (6)
4.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
5.
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)
Kazan, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
6.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
7.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
8.
Wankdorf Stadium
Bern, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
9.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow, Russia
5 matches
2018 (5)
10.
Rostov Arena
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
5 matches
2018 (5)
11.
Hardturm
Zürich, Switzerland
5 matches
1954 (5)
12.
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Lausanne, 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)

2.67g/m

160 goals · 60 matches · 11 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.97g/m

149 goals · 30 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
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
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
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
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
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
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne	Switzerland	15,850	614 m	1904	1954
Cornaredo Stadium Lugano	Switzerland	6,330	364 m	1951	1954