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

1929

Oldest

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

2018

Newest

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

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Venues used in 1978, 2018 — 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.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
422 m
cap 57,000
3.
Yekaterinburg Arena
Yekaterinburg, Russia
277 m
cap 35,696
4.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
161 m
cap 44,918
5.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
159 m
cap 78,011
6.
Mordovia Arena
Saransk, Russia
144 m
cap 44,442
7.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow, Russia
125 m
cap 45,360
8.
Volgograd Arena
Volgograd, Russia
94 m
cap 45,568
9.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
74 m
cap 44,899
10.
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)
Kazan, Russia
49 m
cap 45,379

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1978, 2018

1.
Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 matches
1978 (9)
2.
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Córdoba, Argentina
8 matches
1978 (8)
3.
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
4.
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
7 matches
2018 (7)
5.
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
6.
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena)
Kazan, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
7.
Samara Arena
Samara, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
8.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
6 matches
2018 (6)
9.
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Rosario, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
10.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Mendoza, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
11.
Estadio José María Minella
Mar del Plata, Argentina
6 matches
1978 (6)
12.
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium)
Moscow, Russia
5 matches
2018 (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)

2.55g/m

214 goals · 84 matches · 15 venues

Low (200-800m)

3.42g/m

41 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
Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires	Argentina	83,214	15 m	1938	1978
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow	Russia	78,011	159 m	1956	2018
Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg Stadium) Saint Petersburg	Russia	68,134	16 m	2017	2018
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba	Argentina	57,000	422 m	1978	1978
Estadio José Amalfitani Buenos Aires	Argentina	49,540	18 m	1951	1978
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi	Russia	47,659	1 m	2013	2018
Volgograd Arena Volgograd	Russia	45,568	94 m	2018	2018
Ak Bars Arena (Kazan Arena) Kazan	Russia	45,379	49 m	2013	2018
Otkrytie Arena (Spartak Stadium) Moscow	Russia	45,360	125 m	2014	2018
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don	Russia	45,000	0 m	2018	2018
Samara Arena Samara	Russia	44,918	161 m	2018	2018
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	44,899	74 m	2018	2018
Mordovia Arena Saransk	Russia	44,442	144 m	2017	2018
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario	Argentina	41,654	9 m	1929	1978
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza	Argentina	40,268	839 m	1978	1978
Yekaterinburg Arena Yekaterinburg	Russia	35,696	277 m	1957	2018
Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata	Argentina	35,500	12 m	1978	1978
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad	Russia	35,212	5 m	2018	2018