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Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

41 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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41
Stadiums
3
Host countries
1908
Oldest
El Molinón
2005
Newest
Allianz Arena

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Venues used in 1982, 1990, 2006 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details
41 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.
    Allianz Arena
    Munich, Germany
    490 m
    cap 75,000
  5. 5.
    Max-Morlock-Stadion
    Nuremberg, Germany
    324 m
    cap 50,000
  6. 6.
    Fritz-Walter-Stadion
    Kaiserslautern, Germany
    292 m
    cap 49,850
  7. 7.
    Stadio delle Alpi
    Turin, Italy
    278 m
    cap 67,229
  8. 8.
    Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)
    Oviedo, Spain
    245 m
    cap 23,500
  9. 9.
    Estadio La Romareda
    Zaragoza, Spain
    229 m
    cap 33,608
  10. 10.
    MHPArena
    Stuttgart, Germany
    224 m
    cap 60,449
GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1982, 1990, 2006
  1. 1.
    Signal Iduna Park
    Dortmund, Germany
    6 matches
    1974, 2006 (6)
  2. 2.
    Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
    Milan, Italy
    6 matches
    1934, 1990 (6)
  3. 3.
    Allianz Arena
    Munich, Germany
    6 matches
    2006 (6)
  4. 4.
    Olympiastadion
    Berlin, Germany
    6 matches
    1974, 2006 (6)
  5. 5.
    Stadio Olimpico
    Rome, Italy
    6 matches
    1990 (6)
  6. 6.
    MHPArena
    Stuttgart, Germany
    6 matches
    1974, 2006 (6)
  7. 7.
    Estadio José Zorrilla
    Valladolid, Spain
    6 matches
    1982 (6)
  8. 8.
    Camp Nou
    Barcelona, Spain
    5 matches
    1982 (5)
  9. 9.
    Stadio delle Alpi
    Turin, Italy
    5 matches
    1990 (5)
  10. 10.
    Veltins-Arena
    Gelsenkirchen, Germany
    5 matches
    2006 (5)
  11. 11.
    Stadio San Nicola
    Bari, Italy
    5 matches
    1990 (5)
  12. 12.
    Volksparkstadion
    Hamburg, 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

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)
2.40g/m
293 goals · 122 matches · 30 venues
Low (200-800m)
2.50g/m
115 goals · 46 matches · 10 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
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)
Milan
Italy75,923176 m19261934, 1990
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
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Florence
Italy47,29051 m19311934, 1990
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Bologna
Italy38,27964 m19271934, 1990
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Genoa
Italy36,59926 m19111934, 1990
Camp Nou
Barcelona
Spain99,35462 m19571982
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid
Spain81,044720 m19471982
Allianz Arena
Munich
Germany75,000490 m20052006
Stadio Olimpico
Rome
Italy73,60337 m19531990
Stadio delle Alpi
Turin · demolished 2008
Italy67,229278 m19901990
Estadio Vicente Calderón
Madrid · demolished 2019
Spain65,695583 m19661982
Veltins-Arena
Gelsenkirchen
Germany62,27157 m20012006
Estadio Benito Villamarín
Seville
Spain60,72120 m19291982
Stadio San Nicola
Bari
Italy58,27062 m19901990
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples
Italy54,72651 m19591990
RheinEnergieStadion
Cologne
Germany50,00071 m20042006
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg
Germany50,000324 m19282006
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern
Germany49,850292 m19202006
Mestalla
Valencia
Spain49,50020 m19231982
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
Leipzig
Germany47,069114 m20042006
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
Stadio Friuli
Udine
Italy41,652115 m19761990
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Verona
Italy39,37160 m19631990
Stadio Sant'Elia
Cagliari
Italy39,0001 m19701990
Stadio Renzo Barbera
Palermo
Italy36,34943 m19321990
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