Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
31 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}).
Tournament — click to filter (3 selected)
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Stadiums
3
Host countries
1897
Oldest
Parc des Princes1998
Newest
Stade de FranceStadium map
Venues used in 1958, 1974, 1998 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
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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.
Olympiastadion MünchenMunich, Germany524 mcap 80,000 - 2.Stade Geoffroy-GuichardSaint-Étienne, France488 mcap 41,965
- 3.MHPArenaStuttgart, Germany224 mcap 60,449
- 4.Stade de GerlandLyon, France173 mcap 41,000
- 5.Stadium de ToulouseToulouse, France148 mcap 33,150
- 6.
RyavallenBorås, Sweden138 mcap 21,000 - 7.Deutsche Bank ParkFrankfurt, Germany116 mcap 51,500
- 8.Signal Iduna ParkDortmund, Germany108 mcap 81,365
- 9.OlympiastadionBerlin, Germany65 mcap 74,475
- 10.HDI-ArenaHannover, Germany65 mcap 49,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1958, 1974, 1998
- 1.OlympiastadionBerlin, Germany10 matches1974 (8), 2006
- 2.Stade de FranceSaint-Denis, France9 matches1998 (9)
- 3.Råsunda StadiumSolna, Sweden8 matches1958 (8)
- 4.Stade VélodromeMarseille, France7 matches1938, 1998 (7)
- 5.UlleviGothenburg, Sweden7 matches1958 (7)
- 6.Parc des PrincesParis, France6 matches1938, 1998 (6)
- 7.Stade Geoffroy-GuichardSaint-Étienne, France6 matches1998 (6)
- 8.Stade de GerlandLyon, France6 matches1938, 1998 (6)
- 9.Stade Bollaert-DelelisLens, France6 matches1998 (6)
- 10.Stade de la BeaujoireNantes, France6 matches1998 (6)
- 11.Stade Chaban-DelmasBordeaux, France6 matches1938, 1998 (6)
- 12.Stadium de ToulouseToulouse, France6 matches1998 (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
3 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)
2.91g/m
369 goals · 127 matches · 27 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.50g/m
25 goals · 10 matches · 2 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| 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 |
Stade Vélodrome Marseille | France | 67,394 | 12 m | 1937 | 1938, 1998 |
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 |
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 |
Olympiastadion München Munich | Germany | 80,000 | 524 m | 1972 | 1974 |
Rheinstadion Düsseldorf · demolished 2002 | Germany | 70,000 | 38 m | 1925 | 1974 |
Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008 | Germany | 70,000 | 57 m | 1973 | 1974 |
Råsunda Stadium Solna · demolished 2013 | Sweden | 50,000 | 22 m | 1937 | 1958 |
Ullevi Gothenburg | Sweden | 43,000 | 8 m | 1958 | 1958 |
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 |
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse | France | 33,150 | 148 m | 1937 | 1998 |
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier | France | 32,939 | 41 m | 1972 | 1998 |
Malmö Stadion Malmö | Sweden | 30,000 | 12 m | 1958 | 1958 |
Ryavallen Borås | Sweden | 21,000 | 138 m | 1941 | 1958 |
Arosvallen Västerås | Sweden | 20,000 | 18 m | 1932 | 1958 |
Idrottsparken Norrköping | Sweden | 17,234 | 39 m | 1903 | 1958 |
Rimnersvallen Uddevalla | Sweden | 17,000 | 5 m | 1923 | 1958 |
Olympia Helsingborg | Sweden | 16,500 | 34 m | 1898 | 1958 |
Örjans Vall Halmstad | Sweden | 15,500 | 7 m | 1922 | 1958 |
Eyravallen Örebro | Sweden | 13,000 | 35 m | 1923 | 1958 |
Tunavallen Eskilstuna | Sweden | 7,800 | 15 m | 1921 | 1958 |
Jernvallen Sandviken | Sweden | 7,500 | 0 m | 1938 | 1958 |