Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

18 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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1925

Oldest

Rheinstadion

1974

Newest

Signal Iduna Park

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Venues used in 1962, 1970, 1974 — 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.
Estadio Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
2,666 m
cap 30,000
2.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
2,287 m
cap 87,000
3.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
2,124 m
cap 51,726
4.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
1,808 m
cap 31,297
5.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
1,538 m
cap 55,020
6.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
575 m
cap 48,665
7.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
8.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
512 m
cap 15,000
9.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
10.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1962, 1970, 1974

1.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
10 matches
1970 (10), 1986, 2026
2.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Santiago, Chile
10 matches
1962 (10)
3.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
4.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
8 matches
1970 (8), 1986
5.
Estadio Sausalito
Viña del Mar, Chile
8 matches
1962 (8)
6.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
7 matches
1970 (7), 1986
7.
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Arica, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
8.
Estadio El Teniente
Rancagua, Chile
7 matches
1962 (7)
9.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
10.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5)
11.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974 (5), 2006
12.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
4 matches
1974 (4), 2006

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)

2.71g/m

133 goals · 49 matches · 9 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.52g/m

53 goals · 21 matches · 3 venues

High (1500-2200m)

3.22g/m

58 goals · 18 matches · 3 venues

Very high (≥2200m)

2.64g/m

37 goals · 14 matches · 2 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
Estadio Azteca Mexico City	Mexico	87,000	2,287 m	1966	1970, 1986, 2026
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
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara	Mexico	55,020	1,538 m	1960	1970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla	Mexico	51,726	2,124 m	1968	1970, 1986
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
Estadio León León	Mexico	31,297	1,808 m	1967	1970, 1986
Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca	Mexico	30,000	2,666 m	1954	1970, 1986
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
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago	Chile	48,665	575 m	1938	1962
Estadio Sausalito Viña del Mar	Chile	18,000	13 m	1929	1962
Estadio Carlos Dittborn Arica	Chile	17,786	49 m	1962	1962
Estadio El Teniente Rancagua	Chile	15,000	512 m	1945	1962