Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
37 venues across 5 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 (5 selected)
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Stadiums
5
Host countries
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Oldest
Parc des Princes2018
Newest
Nizhny Novgorod StadiumStadium map
Venues used in 1962, 1970, 1978, 1998, 2018 — 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.
Estadio Nemesio DíezToluca, Mexico2,666 mcap 30,000 - 2.Estadio AztecaMexico City, Mexico2,287 mcap 87,000
- 3.Estadio CuauhtémocPuebla, Mexico2,124 mcap 51,726
- 4.Estadio LeónLeón, Mexico1,808 mcap 31,297
- 5.Estadio JaliscoGuadalajara, Mexico1,538 mcap 55,020
- 6.
Estadio Malvinas ArgentinasMendoza, Argentina839 mcap 40,268 - 7.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile575 mcap 48,665 - 8.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile512 mcap 15,000
- 9.Stade Geoffroy-GuichardSaint-Étienne, France488 mcap 41,965
- 10.Estadio Mario Alberto KempesCórdoba, Argentina422 mcap 57,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1962, 1970, 1978, 1998, 2018
- 1.Estadio AztecaMexico City, Mexico10 matches1970 (10), 1986, 2026
- 2.Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile10 matches1962 (10)
- 3.Estadio MonumentalBuenos Aires, Argentina9 matches1978 (9)
- 4.Stade de FranceSaint-Denis, France9 matches1998 (9)
- 5.Estadio Mario Alberto KempesCórdoba, Argentina8 matches1978 (8)
- 6.Estadio JaliscoGuadalajara, Mexico8 matches1970 (8), 1986
- 7.Estadio SausalitoViña del Mar, Chile8 matches1962 (8)
- 8.Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 9.Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)Saint Petersburg, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 10.Stade VélodromeMarseille, France7 matches1938, 1998 (7)
- 11.Estadio LeónLeón, Mexico7 matches1970 (7), 1986
- 12.Estadio Carlos DittbornArica, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
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
5 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)
2.66g/m
418 goals · 157 matches · 26 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.77g/m
97 goals · 35 matches · 5 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
2.67g/m
16 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue
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
| Stadium | Country | Capacity | Altitude | Opened | WC editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estadio Azteca Mexico City | Mexico | 87,000 | 2,287 m | 1966 | 1970, 1986, 2026 |
Stade Vélodrome Marseille | France | 67,394 | 12 m | 1937 | 1938, 1998 |
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara | Mexico | 55,020 | 1,538 m | 1960 | 1970, 1986 |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla | Mexico | 51,726 | 2,124 m | 1968 | 1970, 1986 |
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 |
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 |
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires | Argentina | 83,214 | 15 m | 1938 | 1978 |
Stade de France Saint-Denis | France | 80,698 | 57 m | 1998 | 1998 |
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow | Russia | 78,011 | 159 m | 1956 | 2018 |
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg | Russia | 68,134 | 16 m | 2017 | 2018 |
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba | Argentina | 57,000 | 422 m | 1978 | 1978 |
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires | Argentina | 49,540 | 18 m | 1951 | 1978 |
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago | Chile | 48,665 | 575 m | 1938 | 1962 |
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 |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne | France | 41,965 | 488 m | 1931 | 1998 |
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario | Argentina | 41,654 | 9 m | 1929 | 1978 |
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza | Argentina | 40,268 | 839 m | 1978 | 1978 |
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens | France | 37,705 | 41 m | 1933 | 1998 |
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg | Russia | 35,696 | 277 m | 1957 | 2018 |
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata | Argentina | 35,500 | 12 m | 1978 | 1978 |
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes | France | 35,322 | 27 m | 1984 | 1998 |
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad | Russia | 35,212 | 5 m | 2018 | 2018 |
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse | France | 33,150 | 148 m | 1937 | 1998 |
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier | France | 32,939 | 41 m | 1972 | 1998 |
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 |