Morocco, Spain and Portugal will host the 2030 World Cup — but the opening three matches of the tournament will be played in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.
FIFA OFFICIAL Statement
FIFA World Cup in 2030 set to unite the world in unique global celebration
Morocco, Portugal and Spain joint bid is the sole candidate to host FIFA World Cup 2030™
Centenary celebration and celebratory games to take place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay
Member associations from AFC and OFC invited to launch bids for FIFA World Cup 2034™
In 2030, the FIFA World Cup will unite three continents and six countries, inviting the entire world to join in the celebration of the beautiful game, the Centenary and the FIFA World Cup itself. The FIFA Council unanimously agreed that the sole candidacy will be the combined bid of Morocco, Portugal, and Spain, which will host the event in 2030 and qualify automatically from the existing slot allocation subject to the completion of a successful bidding process conducted by FIFA and a decision by the FIFA Congress in 2024. Additionally, having taken into account the historical context of the first-ever FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Council further unanimously agreed to host a unique centenary celebration ceremony in the country’s capital, Montevideo, where the first ever FIFA World Cup took place in 1930, as well as three World Cup matches in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay respectively.
The awarding of the 2026 finals to the United States, Canada and Mexico followed by this proposed award means that only bids from the Asian Football Confederation and the Oceania Football Confederation will be considered for the 2034 finals.
That appears to give Saudi Arabia, who were initially rumoured to be interested in bidding for 2030, a very strong chance of hosting, although Australia may enter the running too, after they successfully co-hosted the Women’s World Cup alongside New Zealand earlier this year.
Vocdilosyz
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Even if you try to balance the boat, it will never balance and that's life. I feel like Africa and Asia are not considered as lovers of football. Next time they should better host it on the oceans or moon/ Mars if possible. Or else continents should start bidding instead of Nations.
Amgnonijunior
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Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay fans mood right now 👇👇
Noah1987
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MESSI will be Argentina head coach then.
Mangisha
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The sad thing abt these 2030 competitions is that Messi and Ronaldo won't be there, competing in their own backyards, with their home fans cheering on them. The beautiful thing is that both have made their countries proud. Saddest day is when Messi and Ronaldo retire from football.
Amgnonijunior
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By then Messi will be retired... it will be sad not to watch Messi play football again 😳😳😳
TheO2man
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This is madness. How can people watch games they want to watch if the games are not going to be played in their country? Does FIFA think all people have the money to move from country to country to watch their darling teams live in the stadium? Football is becoming too elitist and expensive for the common man. There's a lot of exclusion and inequality going on in football and, instead of trying to end or reduce it, FIFA are widening it on daily basis by their radical policies. The way things are going, we may get to a stage where world cup matches will have to be played across venues in all the qualifying countries .