Every World Cup venue, 1930 → 2026.

12 venues across 1 host nation for the selected year. Capacity, altitude, opening year, tournament appearances. Click any row to query the underlying API (GET /stadiums/{id}).

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Host countries

1920

Oldest

Fritz-Walter-Stadion

2005

Newest

Allianz Arena

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

12 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.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
490 m
cap 75,000
2.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
324 m
cap 50,000
3.
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern, Germany
292 m
cap 49,850
4.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
224 m
cap 60,449
5.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
116 m
cap 51,500
6.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
Leipzig, Germany
114 m
cap 47,069
7.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
108 m
cap 81,365
8.
RheinEnergieStadion
Cologne, Germany
71 m
cap 50,000
9.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
65 m
cap 74,475
10.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
65 m
cap 49,000

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 2006

1.
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
2.
Allianz Arena
Munich, Germany
6 matches
2006 (6)
3.
Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
4.
MHPArena
Stuttgart, Germany
6 matches
1974, 2006 (6)
5.
Veltins-Arena
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
6.
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)
7.
Deutsche Bank Park
Frankfurt, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)
8.
RheinEnergieStadion
Cologne, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
9.
Max-Morlock-Stadion
Nuremberg, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
10.
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern, Germany
5 matches
2006 (5)
11.
HDI-Arena
Hannover, Germany
5 matches
1974, 2006 (5)
12.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
Leipzig, Germany
5 matches
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

1 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)

2.17g/m

91 goals · 42 matches · 8 venues

Low (200-800m)

2.55g/m

56 goals · 22 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
Signal Iduna Park Dortmund	Germany	81,365	108 m	1974	1974, 2006
Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany	74,475	65 m	1936	1974, 2006
MHPArena Stuttgart	Germany	60,449	224 m	1933	1974, 2006
Volksparkstadion Hamburg	Germany	57,000	25 m	1953	1974, 2006
Deutsche Bank Park Frankfurt	Germany	51,500	116 m	1925	1974, 2006
HDI-Arena Hannover	Germany	49,000	65 m	1954	1974, 2006
Allianz Arena Munich	Germany	75,000	490 m	2005	2006
Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen	Germany	62,271	57 m	2001	2006
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
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig	Germany	47,069	114 m	2004	2006