FIFA World Cup 2026 Venue & Stadium Scraper
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FIFA World Cup 2026 Venue & Stadium Scraper
Scrapes all 16 official FIFA World Cup 2026 host stadiums from the FIFA public API (api.fifa.com). Returns one record per venue with match count, roof type, city, country, and stadium identifiers.
What you get
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
id_stadium |
Official FIFA stadium ID |
stadium_name |
Stadium name (English) |
city_name |
Host city |
country_name |
ISO country code (USA / CAN / MEX) |
capacity |
Seating capacity (from FIFA catalog) |
year_built |
Year constructed |
roof_type |
Open / Closed |
turf_type |
Grass / Artificial |
latitude / longitude |
GPS coordinates |
postal_code / street_address |
Physical address |
phone / web_address |
Contact info |
matches_assigned |
Number of WC 2026 matches at this venue |
source |
Always api.fifa.com |
Use cases
- Travel/tourism content sites building host-city pages for fan guides
- Broadcaster graphics packages requiring canonical venue data
- AI content generators producing WC 2026 stadium write-ups
- Fan-experience platform databases seeding venue cards
How it works
Two-step fetch from the official FIFA public API — no proxy, no auth required:
- Fixtures endpoint — fetches all 104 WC 2026 match records to collect the 16 unique stadium IDs and count matches per venue
- Stadium catalog endpoint — fetches each stadium's full record for enriched venue details
Single run, under 30 seconds. The full dataset is 16 records.
Input
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems |
integer | 10 | Maximum stadiums to return (1–16) |
Notes
- The FIFA catalog currently returns
nullfor capacity, lat/lon, and address fields on WC 2026 venues. These will populate as FIFA updates their API closer to the tournament. matches_assignedis computed from the live fixtures endpoint and reflects the current official schedule.