Venue Stories
Every ground has a character written in results: the fortresses where hosts rarely lose, the cities where favourites fall, and the stages built for finals. A host win here is a win by the team that calls the ground home.
Legendary Venues
The grounds that have staged the most world and continental finals, each with the tags its record has earned.
Cairo, Egypt · 1953 - 2026Hosts: 105 W, 32 D, 22 L in 159 hosted games. 37 on neutral ground.
Santiago, Chile · 1939 - 2025Hosts: 115 W, 52 D, 57 L in 224 hosted games. 56 on neutral ground.
Mexico City, Mexico · 1965 - 2026Hosts: 101 W, 41 D, 9 L in 151 hosted games. 35 on neutral ground.
Rome, Italy · 1953 - 2026Hosts: 32 W, 15 D, 7 L in 54 hosted games. 8 on neutral ground.
Bangkok, Thailand · 1959 - 2016Hosts: 67 W, 32 D, 33 L in 132 hosted games. 151 on neutral ground.
Montevideo, Uruguay · 1930 - 2025Hosts: 154 W, 69 D, 34 L in 257 hosted games. 47 on neutral ground.
Lima, Peru · 1927 - 2025Hosts: 90 W, 49 D, 68 L in 207 hosted games. 55 on neutral ground.
London, England · 1924 - 2026Hosts: 203 W, 78 D, 44 L in 325 hosted games. 9 on neutral ground.
Asunción, Paraguay · 1919 - 2026Hosts: 86 W, 38 D, 43 L in 167 hosted games. 8 on neutral ground.
Fortress Index
The cities where a team is hardest to beat at home, by share of home games won.
Home games only, 50 or more. A city can appear once for each team that has hosted there.
Upset Hotspots
The cities where the lower-rated side wins most often, among those with 50 or more rated games.
Bolivia · 59 upsets in 135 games
Nicaragua · 22 upsets in 57 games
Belgium · 30 upsets in 78 games
Ecuador · 39 upsets in 109 games
Switzerland · 30 upsets in 86 gamesOn The Road
Follow a team's games away from home through the years. Press play, or drag the timeline: each year's route is drawn over everywhere the team had already been.
Away means the opponent was at home; neutral means nobody was. Distances are estimates: a team is taken to travel from home, or straight from its previous venue when the two games are a few days apart or in the same finals tournament.
Venue Comparison
Overlay up to three grounds to see how their characters differ.
Each axis runs to the highest value among the venues on offer, so a shape shows how a ground compares with its peers.