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Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

26 venues across 2 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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26
Stadiums
2
Host countries
1908
Oldest
El Molinón
1982
Newest
Estadio José Zorrilla

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Venues used in 1974, 1982 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
26 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. 1.
    Santiago Bernabéu
    Madrid, Spain
    720 m
    cap 81,044
  2. 2.
    Estadio José Zorrilla
    Valladolid, Spain
    719 m
    cap 26,512
  3. 3.
    Estadio Vicente Calderón
    Madrid, Spain
    583 m
    cap 65,695
  4. 4.
    Olympiastadion München
    Munich, Germany
    524 m
    cap 80,000
  5. 5.
    Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)
    Oviedo, Spain
    245 m
    cap 23,500
  6. 6.
    Estadio La Romareda
    Zaragoza, Spain
    229 m
    cap 33,608
  7. 7.
    MHPArena
    Stuttgart, Germany
    224 m
    cap 60,449
  8. 8.
    Deutsche Bank Park
    Frankfurt, Germany
    116 m
    cap 51,500
  9. 9.
    Signal Iduna Park
    Dortmund, Germany
    108 m
    cap 81,365
  10. 10.
    Estadio Sarriá
    Barcelona, Spain
    95 m
    cap 44,000
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1974, 1982
  1. 1.
    Olympiastadion
    Berlin, Germany
    8 matches
    1974 (8), 2006
  2. 2.
    Estadio José Zorrilla
    Valladolid, Spain
    6 matches
    1982 (6)
  3. 3.
    Camp Nou
    Barcelona, Spain
    5 matches
    1982 (5)
  4. 4.
    Rheinstadion
    Düsseldorf, Germany
    5 matches
    1974 (5)
  5. 5.
    Parkstadion
    Gelsenkirchen, Germany
    5 matches
    1974 (5)
  6. 6.
    Deutsche Bank Park
    Frankfurt, Germany
    5 matches
    1974 (5), 2006
  7. 7.
    Signal Iduna Park
    Dortmund, Germany
    4 matches
    1974 (4), 2006
  8. 8.
    Santiago Bernabéu
    Madrid, Spain
    4 matches
    1982 (4)
  9. 9.
    MHPArena
    Stuttgart, Germany
    4 matches
    1974 (4), 2006
  10. 10.
    HDI-Arena
    Hannover, Germany
    4 matches
    1974 (4), 2006
  11. 11.
    Estadio Vicente Calderón
    Madrid, Spain
    3 matches
    1982 (3)
  12. 12.
    Volksparkstadion
    Hamburg, Germany
    3 matches
    1974 (3), 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

2 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)
2.70g/m
181 goals · 67 matches · 18 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.70g/m
62 goals · 23 matches · 6 venues
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band

All venues

Sort:WC appearancesCapacityAltitudeOpening yearName
StadiumCountryCapacityAltitudeOpenedWC editions
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund
Germany81,365108 m19741974, 2006
Olympiastadion
Berlin
Germany74,47565 m19361974, 2006
MHPArena
Stuttgart
Germany60,449224 m19331974, 2006
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg
Germany57,00025 m19531974, 2006
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt
Germany51,500116 m19251974, 2006
HDI-Arena
Hannover
Germany49,00065 m19541974, 2006
Camp Nou
Barcelona
Spain99,35462 m19571982
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid
Spain81,044720 m19471982
Olympiastadion München
Munich
Germany80,000524 m19721974
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf · demolished 2002
Germany70,00038 m19251974
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008
Germany70,00057 m19731974
Estadio Vicente Calderón
Madrid · demolished 2019
Spain65,695583 m19661982
Estadio Benito Villamarín
Seville
Spain60,72120 m19291982
Mestalla
Valencia
Spain49,50020 m19231982
San Mamés (old)
Bilbao · demolished 2013
Spain46,20030 m19131982
Estadio Sarriá
Barcelona · demolished 1997
Spain44,00095 m19231982
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Seville
Spain43,88319 m19581982
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
Elche
Spain33,73279 m19761982
Estadio La Romareda
Zaragoza
Spain33,608229 m19571982
Estadio Riazor
A Coruña
Spain32,66028 m19441982
Estadio La Rosaleda
Málaga
Spain30,04423 m19411982
Estadio José Rico Pérez
Alicante
Spain30,00079 m19741982
El Molinón
Gijón
Spain29,5385 m19081982
Estadio de Balaídos
Vigo
Spain29,00010 m19281982
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid
Spain26,512719 m19821982
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)
Oviedo · demolished 2003
Spain23,500245 m19321982