Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

17 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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Stadiums
2
Host countries
1925
Oldest
Rheinstadion
2021
Newest
Lusail Stadium

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Venues used in 1974, 2022 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
17 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.
    Olympiastadion München
    Munich, Germany
    524 m
    cap 80,000
  2. 2.
    MHPArena
    Stuttgart, Germany
    224 m
    cap 60,449
  3. 3.
    Deutsche Bank Park
    Frankfurt, Germany
    116 m
    cap 51,500
  4. 4.
    Signal Iduna Park
    Dortmund, Germany
    108 m
    cap 81,365
  5. 5.
    Olympiastadion
    Berlin, Germany
    65 m
    cap 74,475
  6. 6.
    HDI-Arena
    Hannover, Germany
    65 m
    cap 49,000
  7. 7.
    Parkstadion
    Gelsenkirchen, Germany
    57 m
    cap 70,000
  8. 8.
    Rheinstadion
    Düsseldorf, Germany
    38 m
    cap 70,000
  9. 9.
    Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
    Al Rayyan, Qatar
    38 m
    cap 44,740
  10. 10.
    Khalifa International Stadium
    Doha, Qatar
    26 m
    cap 45,857
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1974, 2022
  1. 1.
    Lusail Stadium
    Lusail, Qatar
    10 matches
    2022 (10)
  2. 2.
    Al Bayt Stadium
    Al Khor, Qatar
    9 matches
    2022 (9)
  3. 3.
    Olympiastadion
    Berlin, Germany
    8 matches
    1974 (8), 2006
  4. 4.
    Khalifa International Stadium
    Doha, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  5. 5.
    Education City Stadium
    Al Rayyan, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  6. 6.
    Al Thumama Stadium
    Doha, Qatar
    8 matches
    2022 (8)
  7. 7.
    Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
    Al Rayyan, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  8. 8.
    Al Janoub Stadium
    Al Wakrah, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  9. 9.
    Stadium 974
    Doha, Qatar
    7 matches
    2022 (7)
  10. 10.
    Rheinstadion
    Düsseldorf, Germany
    5 matches
    1974 (5)
  11. 11.
    Parkstadion
    Gelsenkirchen, Germany
    5 matches
    1974 (5)
  12. 12.
    Deutsche Bank Park
    Frankfurt, Germany
    5 matches
    1974 (5), 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)
2.63g/m
258 goals · 98 matches · 15 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.75g/m
11 goals · 4 matches · 1 venue
goals.sum / matches.count, grouped by elevation band
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
Lusail Stadium
Lusail
Qatar88,96610 m20212022
Olympiastadion München
Munich
Germany80,000524 m19721974
Rheinstadion
Düsseldorf · demolished 2002
Germany70,00038 m19251974
Parkstadion
Gelsenkirchen · demolished 2008
Germany70,00057 m19731974
Al Bayt Stadium
Al Khor
Qatar68,8955 m20212022
Khalifa International Stadium
Doha
Qatar45,85726 m19762022
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Al Rayyan
Qatar44,74038 m20202022
Education City Stadium
Al Rayyan
Qatar44,66719 m20202022
Al Thumama Stadium
Doha
Qatar44,40017 m20212022
Al Janoub Stadium
Al Wakrah
Qatar44,3258 m20192022
Stadium 974
Doha · demolished 2024
Qatar44,0897 m20212022