Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

23 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

2021

Newest

Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1974, 1978, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

23 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 Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
839 m
cap 40,268
2.
Olympiastadion München
Munich, Germany
524 m
cap 80,000
3.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
4.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
5.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
6.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365
7.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
65 m
cap 74,475
8.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
65 m
cap 49,000
9.
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
57 m
cap 70,000
10.
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf, Germany
38 m
cap 70,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1974, 1978, 2022

1.
Lusail Stadium
Lusail, Qatar
10 matches
2022 (10)
2.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
3.
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
9 matches
2022 (9)
4.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
8 matches
1974 (8), 2006
5.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
6.
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
7.
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
8.
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha, Qatar
8 matches
2022 (8)
9.
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
10.
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
11.
Stadium 974
Doha, Qatar
7 matches
2022 (7)
12.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (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)

2.56g/m

312 goals · 122 matches · 19 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.58g/m

43 goals · 12 matches · 2 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.67g/m

16 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue

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
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
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
Lusail Stadium Lusail	Qatar	88,966	10 m	2021	2022
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
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
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
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978