2030 World Cup Hosts revealed
FIFA has announced the highly anticipated hosts for the 2030 World Cup
By Eduardo Benitez
World Cup Image from Fabrizio Romano’s announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter, @FabrizioRomano
The hosts for the 2030 World Cup has been announced by the Fédération internationale de football association or FIFA. Spain, Portugal and Morocco are going to be the main hosts for the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay are set to host three inaugural matches as a celebration of the first World Cup held in 1930.
Morocco will be hosting the tournament for the first time and we will see the tournament return to Africa, which has only hosted the tournament once during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Portugal will be hosting for the first time, meanwhile Spain sees a return of the World Cup as they hosted the 1982 Edition.
The 2030 World Cup will mark the centenary edition of the tournament and to honor that, FIFA has decided to host three inaugural matches in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The first match of the tournament will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the legendary Estadio Centenario where the 1930 World Cup Final took place.
In the announcement of the 2030 bid, FIFA president, Gianni Infantino stated, “In 2030, we will have a unique global footprint, three continents – Africa, Europe and South America – six countries – Argentina, Morocco, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay – welcoming and uniting the world while celebrating together the beautiful game, the centenary and the FIFA World Cup.”
This edition of the tournament will be the first to be held across three continents. The FIFA World Cup has been held across different countries in the same continent before. For example, in 2002 Korea and Japan co-hosted the tournament for the first time on the Asian continent.
The upcoming 2026 edition will have three host countries Canada, Mexico and the United States. North America welcomes back the World Cup after the 1994 World Cup where Brazil was crowned champion at the Rose Bowl.
FIFA has stated that the Asian Football Confederation and the Oceania Football Confederation can now start placing their bids to host the 2034 edition of the FIFA World Cup. The six co-hosts for the 2030 World Cup have gotten automatic qualification to the tournament. As of now, there is no official confirmation of all the stadiums they plan to use.