World Cup Stadiums

This quiz shows two football grounds side by side. Each ground has hosted at least one match at a men's FIFA World Cup. One fact is compared each time, and you tap the ground with the higher number.

The fact changes with every pair. It can be the capacity, the year the ground opened, the number of World Cup matches the ground has hosted, the first World Cup it hosted, or the altitude. The deck covers every tournament from 1930 to 2026, so the Estadio Azteca and a Swedish ground that held one match in 1958 are in the same pool. A run ends on the first wrong tap.

How to play

• Two grounds are shown. The number for the ground on the left is already on screen.
• Read the question on the right card. It names the fact for this pair.
• Tap the ground you think has the higher number.
• A correct tap adds one to your streak and deals the next ground.
• A wrong tap ends the run. Your score is the streak you reached.
• Your best streak is in the top bar. A new record is saved and counts on the leaderboard.
• Go through the full deck without a miss and you complete the chain.

What counts in this quiz

• Every ground that hosted a match at a men's World Cup between 1930 and 2026 is in the deck, if a photo of it has a free licence.
• Capacity is the capacity of the ground today. For a ground that no longer exists, it is the capacity the ground had when it closed.
• Capacity is not always the capacity at the World Cup. The Estadio Azteca held more than 100,000 people in 1970 and holds about 87,500 today.
• "World Cup matches" is the number of men's World Cup matches the ground has hosted. The number comes from the match records of all 23 tournaments, and the total for each tournament is checked against the number of matches that tournament had.
• "First World Cup" is the first tournament in which the ground hosted a match.
• Altitude is the height above sea level at the position of the ground. One terrain model gives the value for every ground, so the numbers compare correctly.
• Two grounds are never compared on a fact where their numbers are close, so no question is a coin flip. In a genuine tie, either answer counts as correct.

What's not included — and why

• Matches at the Women's World Cup, at qualification tournaments and at other competitions are not counted.
• The 1938 match in Lyon is not counted. Austria withdrew from the tournament, so the match was never played.
• The quiz does not compare the type of turf. Almost every World Cup ground plays on natural grass, so the fact separates too few grounds to make a question.
• The quiz does not compare construction cost. The costs are in different currencies and in years that are up to 90 years apart, so a direct comparison is not fair.
• A ground needs a photo with a free licence to be in the deck. A few grounds have no such photo, so they do not appear.

Good to know

• The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City has hosted 24 World Cup matches. No other ground has hosted more, and it is the only ground that has hosted three tournaments: 1970, 1986 and 2026.
• The Nemesio Diez stadium in Toluca stands 2,678 m above sea level. It is the highest ground in the quiz. Eight of the ten highest grounds are in Mexico.
• Goodison Park in Liverpool opened in 1892. It is the oldest ground in the quiz, and it hosted five matches at the 1966 World Cup.
• The Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo held 1,000 people and hosted two matches at the first World Cup in 1930. It is the smallest ground in the quiz.
• The photos are Wikimedia Commons images. The card shows the credit for each photo as you play.