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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Stadiums

Host countries

1914

Oldest

Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)

2014

Newest

Neo Química Arena

Stadium map

Venues used in 2014 — 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.
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.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
173 m
cap 41,390
6.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
55 m
cap 51,900
7.
Arena da Amazônia
Manaus, Brazil
41 m
cap 40,549
8.
Arena das Dunas
Natal, Brazil
34 m
cap 31,375
9.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
29 m
cap 64,846
10.
Arena Pernambuco
São Lourenço da Mata, Brazil
26 m
cap 44,248

GET /stadiums (sorted by elevationM desc)

Most-used venues

Ranked by match count in 2014

1.
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracanã)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 matches
1950, 2014 (7)
2.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Brasília, Brazil
7 matches
2014 (7)
3.
Arena Castelão
Fortaleza, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
4.
Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
5.
Arena Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
6.
Neo Química Arena
São Paulo, Brazil
6 matches
2014 (6)
7.
Estádio Beira-Rio
Porto Alegre, Brazil
5 matches
2014 (5)
8.
Arena Pernambuco
São Lourenço da Mata, Brazil
5 matches
2014 (5)
9.
Arena Pantanal
Cuiabá, Brazil
4 matches
2014 (4)
10.
Arena da Amazônia
Manaus, Brazil
4 matches
2014 (4)
11.
Ligga Arena (Arena da Baixada)
Curitiba, Brazil
4 matches
2014 (4)
12.
Arena das Dunas
Natal, Brazil
4 matches
2014 (4)

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

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)

2.80g/m

115 goals · 41 matches · 8 venues

Low (200-800m)

1.83g/m

11 goals · 6 matches · 1 venue

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
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
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
Arena das Dunas Natal	Brazil	31,375	34 m	2014	2014