Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

22 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

2014

Newest

Neo Química Arena

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Venues used in 1998, 2014 — marker size + color scales with match count · click any marker for details

22 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.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
1,119 m
cap 72,788
2.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
910 m
cap 40,502
3.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
850 m
cap 58,170
4.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
785 m
cap 49,205
5.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
488 m
cap 41,965
6.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
173 m
cap 41,000
7.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
173 m
cap 41,390
8.
Stadium de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
148 m
cap 33,150
9.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
57 m
cap 80,698
10.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
55 m
cap 51,900

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 1998, 2014

1.
Stade de France
Saint-Denis, France
9 matches
1998 (9)
2.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 matches
1950, 2014 (7)
3.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
4.
Stade Vélodrome
Marseille, France
7 matches
1938, 1998 (7)
5.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
6.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
7.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
8.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
9.
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
10.
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France
6 matches
1998 (6)
11.
Stade de Gerland
Lyon, France
6 matches
1938, 1998 (6)
12.
Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Lens, France
6 matches
1998 (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

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)

2.75g/m

272 goals · 99 matches · 17 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.08g/m

25 goals · 12 matches · 2 venues

Mid (800-1500m)

2.65g/m

45 goals · 17 matches · 3 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
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã) Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	78,838	21 m	1950	1950, 2014
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
Stade de France Saint-Denis	France	80,698	57 m	1998	1998
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Brasília	Brazil	72,788	1,119 m	2013	2014
Arena Castelão Fortaleza	Brazil	64,846	29 m	1973	2014
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte	Brazil	58,170	850 m	1965	2014
Arena Fonte Nova Salvador	Brazil	51,900	55 m	2013	2014
Estádio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre	Brazil	50,128	9 m	1969	2014
Neo Química Arena São Paulo	Brazil	49,205	785 m	2014	2014
Arena Pernambuco São Lourenço da Mata	Brazil	44,248	26 m	2013	2014
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne	France	41,965	488 m	1931	1998
Arena Pantanal Cuiabá	Brazil	41,390	173 m	2014	2014
Arena da Amazônia Manaus	Brazil	40,549	41 m	2014	2014
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada) Curitiba	Brazil	40,502	910 m	1914	2014
Stade Bollaert-Delelis Lens	France	37,705	41 m	1933	1998
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes	France	35,322	27 m	1984	1998
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse	France	33,150	148 m	1937	1998
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier	France	32,939	41 m	1972	1998
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014