Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

44 venues across 4 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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Oldest

Parc des Princes

2010

Newest

Peter Mokaba Stadium

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Venues used in 1986, 1998, 2006, 2010 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

44 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 Nemesio Díez
Toluca, Mexico
2,666 m
cap 30,000
2.
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City, Mexico
2,307 m
cap 72,000
3.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
2,287 m
cap 87,000
4.
Estadio Neza 86
Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico
2,236 m
cap 34,536
5.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Puebla, Mexico
2,124 m
cap 51,726
6.
Estadio León
León, Mexico
1,808 m
cap 31,297
7.
Estadio Corregidora
Querétaro, Mexico
1,807 m
cap 38,575
8.
Ellis Park Stadium
Johannesburg, South Africa
1,728 m
cap 62,567
9.
Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Irapuato, Mexico
1,718 m
cap 25,000
10.
FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
Johannesburg, South Africa
1,701 m
cap 84,490

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1986, 1998, 2006, 2010

1.
Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
9 matches
1970, 1986 (9), 2026
2.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
3.
FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
Johannesburg, South Africa
8 matches
2010 (8)
4.
Cape Town Stadium
Cape Town, South Africa
8 matches
2010 (8)
5.
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Gqeberha, South Africa
8 matches
2010 (8)
6.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
7.
Moses Mabhida Stadium
Durban, South Africa
7 matches
2010 (7)
8.
Ellis Park Stadium
Johannesburg, South Africa
7 matches
2010 (7)
9.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
10.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
11.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
12.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)

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

4 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)

2.44g/m

300 goals · 123 matches · 20 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.20g/m

88 goals · 40 matches · 8 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.00g/m

44 goals · 22 matches · 4 venues

High (1500-2200m)

2.85g/m

114 goals · 40 matches · 8 venues

Very high (≥2200m)

2.58g/m

49 goals · 19 matches · 4 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
Estadio Azteca Mexico City	Mexico	87,000	2,287 m	1966	1970, 1986, 2026
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany	74,475	65 m	1936	1974, 2006
Stade Vélodrome Marseille	France	67,394	12 m	1937	1938, 1998
MHPArena Stuttgart	Germany	60,449	224 m	1933	1974, 2006
Volksparkstadion Hamburg	Germany	57,000	25 m	1953	1974, 2006
Estadio Jalisco Guadalajara	Mexico	55,020	1,538 m	1960	1970, 1986
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Puebla	Mexico	51,726	2,124 m	1968	1970, 1986
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
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
Estadio León León	Mexico	31,297	1,808 m	1967	1970, 1986
Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca	Mexico	30,000	2,666 m	1954	1970, 1986
FNB Stadium (Soccer City) Johannesburg	South Africa	84,490	1,701 m	1989	2010
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Estadio Olímpico Universitario Mexico City	Mexico	72,000	2,307 m	1952	1986
Cape Town Stadium Cape Town	South Africa	64,100	9 m	2009	2010
Moses Mabhida Stadium Durban	South Africa	62,760	13 m	2009	2010
Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg	South Africa	62,567	1,728 m	1928	2010
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
Loftus Versfeld Stadium Pretoria	South Africa	51,762	1,367 m	1906	2010
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
Free State Stadium Bloemfontein	South Africa	48,000	1,409 m	1952	2010
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Gqeberha	South Africa	46,000	14 m	2009	2010
Estadio Universitario San Nicolás de los Garza	Mexico	43,780	529 m	1967	1986
Mbombela Stadium Mbombela	South Africa	43,500	629 m	2009	2010
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Peter Mokaba Stadium Polokwane	South Africa	41,733	1,293 m	2010	2010
Royal Bafokeng Stadium Rustenburg	South Africa	38,646	1,177 m	1999	2010
Estadio Corregidora Querétaro	Mexico	38,575	1,807 m	1985	1986
Estadio Tecnológico Monterrey · demolished 2017	Mexico	38,000	544 m	1950	1986
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Estadio Neza 86 Nezahualcóyotl	Mexico	34,536	2,236 m	1981	1986
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
Estadio Tres de Marzo Zapopan	Mexico	30,015	1,633 m	1971	1986
Estadio Sergio León Chávez Irapuato	Mexico	25,000	1,718 m	1974	1986