Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.
31 venues across 4 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 (4 selected)
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Stadiums
4
Host countries
1921
Oldest
Stanford Stadium2018
Newest
Nizhny Novgorod StadiumStadium map
Venues used in 1962, 1978, 1994, 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 Malvinas ArgentinasMendoza, Argentina839 mcap 40,268 - 2.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile575 mcap 48,665 - 3.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile512 mcap 15,000
- 4.Estadio Mario Alberto KempesCórdoba, Argentina422 mcap 57,000
- 5.Pontiac SilverdomePontiac, United States296 mcap 80,338
- 6.Yekaterinburg ArenaYekaterinburg, Russia277 mcap 35,696
- 7.Rose BowlPasadena, United States247 mcap 92,800
- 8.Soldier FieldChicago, United States187 mcap 61,500
- 9.Samara ArenaSamara, Russia161 mcap 44,918
- 10.Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia159 mcap 78,011
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)
Most-used venues
Ranked by match count in 1962, 1978, 1994, 2018
- 1.Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez PrádanosSantiago, Chile10 matches1962 (10)
- 2.Estadio MonumentalBuenos Aires, Argentina9 matches1978 (9)
- 3.Rose BowlPasadena, United States8 matches1994 (8)
- 4.Estadio Mario Alberto KempesCórdoba, Argentina8 matches1978 (8)
- 5.Estadio SausalitoViña del Mar, Chile8 matches1962 (8)
- 6.Luzhniki StadiumMoscow, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 7.Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, United States7 matches1994 (7)
- 8.Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)Saint Petersburg, Russia7 matches2018 (7)
- 9.Estadio Carlos DittbornArica, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 10.Estadio El TenienteRancagua, Chile7 matches1962 (7)
- 11.Cotton BowlDallas, United States6 matches1994 (6)
- 12.Foxboro StadiumFoxborough, United States6 matches1994 (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
4 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)
2.64g/m
367 goals · 139 matches · 24 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.88g/m
118 goals · 41 matches · 6 venues
Mid (800-1500m)
2.67g/m
16 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
All venues
| Stadium | Country | Capacity | Altitude | Opened | WC editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rose Bowl Pasadena | United States | 92,800 | 247 m | 1922 | 1994 |
Cotton Bowl Dallas | United States | 92,100 | 149 m | 1932 | 1994 |
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires | Argentina | 83,214 | 15 m | 1938 | 1978 |
Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac · demolished 2018 | United States | 80,338 | 296 m | 1975 | 1994 |
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow | Russia | 78,011 | 159 m | 1956 | 2018 |
Giants Stadium East Rutherford · demolished 2010 | United States | 75,338 | 23 m | 1976 | 1994 |
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg | Russia | 68,134 | 16 m | 2017 | 2018 |
Camping World Stadium Orlando | United States | 65,000 | 37 m | 1936 | 1994 |
Soldier Field Chicago | United States | 61,500 | 187 m | 1924 | 1994 |
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba | Argentina | 57,000 | 422 m | 1978 | 1978 |
RFK Stadium Washington · demolished 2025 | United States | 56,692 | 6 m | 1961 | 1994 |
Foxboro Stadium Foxborough · demolished 2002 | United States | 53,644 | 83 m | 1971 | 1994 |
Stanford Stadium Stanford | United States | 50,424 | 14 m | 1921 | 1994 |
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 |
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario | Argentina | 41,654 | 9 m | 1929 | 1978 |
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza | Argentina | 40,268 | 839 m | 1978 | 1978 |
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg | Russia | 35,696 | 277 m | 1957 | 2018 |
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata | Argentina | 35,500 | 12 m | 1978 | 1978 |
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad | Russia | 35,212 | 5 m | 2018 | 2018 |
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 |