Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

18 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

Host countries

1920

Oldest

Fritz-Walter-Stadion

2005

Newest

Allianz Arena

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Venues used in 1978, 2006 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

18 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.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
3.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
4.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
324 m
cap 50,000
5.
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern, Germany
292 m
cap 49,850
6.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
7.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
8.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
Leipzig, Germany
114 m
cap 47,069
9.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365
10.
RheinEnergieStadion
Cologne, Germany
71 m
cap 50,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1978, 2006

1.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
2.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
3.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
4.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
5.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
6.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
7.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
8.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
9.
Estadio José María Minella
Mar del Plata, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
10.
Veltins-Arena
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
11.
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)
12.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)

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)

2.20g/m

145 goals · 66 matches · 12 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.93g/m

88 goals · 30 matches · 5 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
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
RheinEnergieStadion Cologne	Germany	50,000	71 m	2004	2006
Max-Morlock-Stadion Nuremberg	Germany	50,000	324 m	1928	2006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern	Germany	49,850	292 m	1920	2006
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
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