Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

27 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

1897

Oldest

Parc des Princes

1998

Newest

Stade de France

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Venues used in 1982, 1998 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

27 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.
Santiago Bernabéu
Madrid, Spain
720 m
cap 81,044
2.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
719 m
cap 26,512
3.
Estadio Vicente Calderón
Madrid, Spain
583 m
cap 65,695
4.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
5.
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)
Oviedo, Spain
245 m
cap 23,500
6.
Estadio La Romareda
Zaragoza, Spain
229 m
cap 33,608
7.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
8.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
148 m
cap 33,150
9.
Estadio Sarriá
Barcelona, Spain
95 m
cap 44,000
10.
Estadio José Rico Pérez
Alicante, Spain
79 m
cap 30,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1982, 1998

1.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
2.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
3.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
4.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
5.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
6.
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Lens, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
7.
Stade de la Beaujoire
Nantes, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
8.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Bordeaux, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
9.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
10.
Stade de la Mosson
Montpellier, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
11.
Estadio José Zorrilla
Valladolid, Spain
6 matches
1982 (6)
12.
Camp Nou
Barcelona, Spain
5 matches
1982 (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

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Goals per match by stadium altitude

Does the air thin out the defense? Bands aligned with FIFA altitude-acclimatization thresholds.

Sea level (<200m)

2.77g/m

252 goals · 91 matches · 20 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.60g/m

65 goals · 25 matches · 6 venues

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
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
Parc des Princes Paris	France	47,929	42 m	1897	1938, 1998
Stade de Gerland Lyon	France	41,000	173 m	1926	1938, 1998
Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux	France	34,462	24 m	1938	1938, 1998
Camp Nou Barcelona	Spain	99,354	62 m	1957	1982
Santiago Bernabéu Madrid	Spain	81,044	720 m	1947	1982
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Estadio Vicente Calderón Madrid · demolished 2019	Spain	65,695	583 m	1966	1982
Estadio Benito Villamarín Seville	Spain	60,721	20 m	1929	1982
Mestalla Valencia	Spain	49,500	20 m	1923	1982
San Mamés (old) Bilbao · demolished 2013	Spain	46,200	30 m	1913	1982
Estadio Sarriá Barcelona · demolished 1997	Spain	44,000	95 m	1923	1982
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Seville	Spain	43,883	19 m	1958	1982
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Elche	Spain	33,732	79 m	1976	1982
Estadio La Romareda Zaragoza	Spain	33,608	229 m	1957	1982
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
Estadio Riazor A Coruña	Spain	32,660	28 m	1944	1982
Estadio La Rosaleda Málaga	Spain	30,044	23 m	1941	1982
Estadio José Rico Pérez Alicante	Spain	30,000	79 m	1974	1982
El Molinón Gijón	Spain	29,538	5 m	1908	1982
Estadio de Balaídos Vigo	Spain	29,000	10 m	1928	1982
Estadio José Zorrilla Valladolid	Spain	26,512	719 m	1982	1982
Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old) Oviedo · demolished 2003	Spain	23,500	245 m	1932	1982