Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

27 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}).

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1892

Oldest

Goodison Park

2021

Newest

Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1966, 1970, 1978, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

27 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 Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
7.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
8.
Villa Park
Birmingham, England
103 m
cap 42,918
9.
Hillsborough Stadium
Sheffield, England
69 m
cap 39,732
10.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
60 m
cap 98,600

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1966, 1970, 1978, 2022

1.
Lusail Stadium
Lusail, Qatar
10 matches
2022 (10)
2.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
10 matches
1970 (10), 1986, 2026
3.
Wembley Stadium (old)
London, England
9 matches
1966 (9)
4.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
5.
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
9 matches
2022 (9)
6.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
7.
Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
8 matches
1970 (8), 1986
8.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
9.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
10.
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
11.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
12.
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (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

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)

2.63g/m

315 goals · 120 matches · 20 venues

Low (200-800m)

4.00g/m

32 goals · 8 matches · 1 venue

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

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
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara	Mexico	55,020	1,538 m	1960	1970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla	Mexico	51,726	2,124 m	1968	1970, 1986
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
Wembley Stadium (old) London · demolished 2003	England	98,600	60 m	1923	1966
Lusail Stadium Lusail	Qatar	88,966	10 m	2021	2022
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
White City Stadium London · demolished 1985	England	76,567	13 m	1908	1966
Old Trafford Manchester	England	74,310	45 m	1910	1966
Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor	Qatar	68,895	5 m	2021	2022
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Khalifa International Stadium Doha	Qatar	45,857	26 m	1976	2022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,740	38 m	2020	2022
Education City Stadium Al Rayyan	Qatar	44,667	19 m	2020	2022
Al Thumama Stadium Doha	Qatar	44,400	17 m	2021	2022
Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah	Qatar	44,325	8 m	2019	2022
Stadium 974 Doha · demolished 2024	Qatar	44,089	7 m	2021	2022
Villa Park Birmingham	England	42,918	103 m	1897	1966
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Roker Park Sunderland · demolished 1997	England	40,310	30 m	1898	1966
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Ayresome Park Middlesbrough · demolished 1997	England	40,000	11 m	1903	1966
Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield	England	39,732	69 m	1899	1966
Goodison Park Liverpool	England	39,414	46 m	1892	1966
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978