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2030 FIFA World Cup
Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2030
Coupe du Monde FIFA 2030
2030 كَأْسُ الْعَالَمِ لِكُرَةِ الْقَدَمِ
ⴰⴽⵔⵡⴰⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ ⵏ ⵜⵡⵊⵊⴰ ⵏ ⵓⴹⴰⵕ 2030
Campeonato do Mundo da FIFA de 2030
FIFA Tembiesarái Yvypavẽ 2030
Tournament details
Host countries Morocco
 Portugal
 Spain
Dates13 June (in 66 months) – 21 July[1]
Teams48 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)20 (including centenary match hosts) (in 20 host cities)
← 2026
2034 →

The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The 2030 World Cup will mark the centennial World Cup competition. The tournament will take place from 13 June to 21 July 2030.

On 11 December 2024, FIFA confirmed that the 2030 Men's Football World Cup will be jointly hosted by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. This announcement was made alongside the decision to award the 2034 tournament to Saudi Arabia during an Extraordinary FIFA Congress meeting.[2]

For the first time, three countries from two continents will host the competition, with Spain, Portugal, and Morocco as host nations. Additionally, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the FIFA World Cup, in particular the first World Cup in Uruguay. The first game, alongside a special centenary celebration, will be held in the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. The second and third games will be held in Argentina and Paraguay, respectively. The rest of the games will be held in Spain, Morocco and Portugal.[3]

This will be the first World Cup held in North Africa and the first World Cup held in the whole of Africa since 2010, in South America since 2014, as well as in Europe since 2018. In terms of the countries, this will be the first World Cup held in Morocco, Portugal, and Paraguay, the first held in Uruguay since the inaugural tournament, the first to take place in Argentina since 1978, and the first to be held in Spain since 1982.

Host selection

Main articles: 2030 FIFA World Cup bids, Morocco–Portugal–Spain 2030 FIFA World Cup bid, and Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay 2030 FIFA World Cup bid

FIFA launched the bidding process in 2022.[4][5]

As hosts of the 2022 and 2026 editions respectively, the 2030 FIFA World Cup cannot be hosted by a member of the Asian AFC or the North American CONCACAF.[6][7]

On 11 December 2024, FIFA confirmed that the 2030 Men's Football World Cup will be jointly hosted by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. This announcement was made alongside the decision to award the 2034 tournament to Saudi Arabia during an Extraordinary FIFA Congress meeting.[8]

2024 Extraordinary FIFA Congress
11 December 2024 – Zürich, Switzerland[note 1]
Nation Round 1
 Morocco,  Spain,  Portugal Acclamation

Concerns

The 2030 FIFA World Cup has already been met with backlash from fans, football officials, and environmental groups with them noting the large distance between South America and Europe would require considerable plane travel, which would increase the carbon footprint and negate FIFA's carbon neutral plans. They have also noted the issues for fans of teams who would get drawn with Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as well as the short amount of rest for players once those teams travel back to the main hosts in Iberia and Morocco. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter warned that the number of hosts that the 2030 FIFA World Cup would cause the tournament to "lose its identity". Others have noted that with the FIFA rotation system, CONCACAF (which will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup), CONMEBOL, UEFA, and CAF would be unable to bid, leaving 2034 open only for the AFC and OFC, which has led to accusations that FIFA intentionally selected these countries, especially those in CONMEBOL region, to ensure that Saudi Arabia, an AFC member with major human rights controversies, would win its bid unopposed.[9][10]

Potential venues

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500miles
17
Zaragoza
16
Seville
15
San Sebastián
14
Málaga
13
Madrid
12
Las Palmas
11
Bilbao
10
Barcelona
9
A Coruña
8
Porto
7
Lisbon
6
Tangier
5
Rabat
4
Marrakesh
3
Fes
2
Casablanca
1
Agadir
Location of the host cities of the 2030 FIFA World Cup
  • Morocco
  •  1  Agadir
  •  2  Casablanca
  •  3  Fes
  •  4  Marrakech
  •  5  Rabat
  •  6  Tangier
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Montevideo
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Buenos Aires
1
Asunción
Location of the Anniversary match host cities of the 2030 FIFA World Cup

Prior to the finalizing of the bid book on 31 July, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced its proposed 11 stadiums from 9 cities to host matches. They had also proposed two more stadiums; Nou Mestalla in Valencia, and Balaídos in Vigo, but the addition of the two may exceed FIFA's limit of 20 stadiums. [11] The host city list was finalized 12 days later, including six stadiums in six cities in Morocco, three stadiums in two cities in Portugal, joining 11 stadiums in nine cities in Spain, for a total of 20 stadiums in 17 cities.[12]

List of candidate host cities
City Stadium Capacity
Spain A Coruña Estadio Riazor 34,889 (requires expansion beyond 40,000)
Morocco Agadir Adrar Stadium 45,480 (expansion to 70,000)[13]
Spain Barcelona Camp Nou 105,000
Estadi Olímpic 55,926
Stage Front Stadium 40,000
Spain Bilbao San Mamés Stadium 53,331
Morocco Casablanca Hassan II Stadium (New) 115,000
Stade Mohammed V 45,891
Morocco Fes Fez Stadium 45,000 (possible expansion to 55,800)
Spain Las Palmas Estadio Gran Canaria 32,392 (requires expansion beyond 40,000)
Portugal Lisbon Estádio da Luz 66,647
Estádio José Alvalade 50,095
Spain Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 80,000
Metropolitano Stadium 70,460
Spain Málaga La Rosaleda Stadium 30,044 (requires expansion beyond 40,000)
Morocco Marrakech Marrakesh Stadium 45,240
Portugal Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,033
Morocco Rabat Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium 65,000 (New)[14]
Spain San Sebastián Anoeta Stadium 39,313 (requires expansion beyond 40,000)
Spain Seville Estadio Benito Villamarín 60,741
Estadio de La Cartuja 57,600 (possible expansion to 70,000-75,000)
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium 42,714
Morocco Tangier Ibn Batouta Stadium 65,000 (possible expansion to 75,600)
Spain Zaragoza La Romareda 42,500 (after expansion)

Three South American cities were also selected in the bid book to host centenary matches.[15]

List of candidate host cities
City Stadium Capacity
Paraguay Asunción Estadio Defensores del Chaco 41,186
New National Stadium (New) 47,128
Argentina Buenos Aires Estadio Monumental 84,593
Uruguay Montevideo Estadio Centenario 62,782

Teams

Qualification

  Teams qualified
  Team whose qualification process has yet to be decided
  Not a FIFA member

All six host nations will qualify for the World Cup.[3][16][17]

CAF
CONMEBOL
UEFA

Notes

  1. ^ The FIFA extraordinary congress was held online

References

  1. ^ "Bidding process 2030". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ "2034 Fifa World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed as tournament hosts". BBC Sport. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b "FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA World Cup editions in 2030 and 2034". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Agenda of meeting no. 11 of the FIFA Council" (PDF). FIFA. 21 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Who will host 2030 FIFA World Cup? Bids from Africa, South America, and Europe in the running, including Ukraine". The Sporting News. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ Tim Hill in New York (9 March 2017). "Trump travel ban could prevent United States hosting World Cup". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. ^ Rumsby, Ben (14 October 2016). "England's hopes of hosting 2030 World Cup given boost". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  8. ^ "2034 Fifa World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed as tournament hosts". BBC Sport. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  9. ^ Klawans, Justin (6 October 2023). "FIFA catches blowback over 2030 World Cup". The Week.
  10. ^ "Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  11. ^ Rampling, Ali (19 July 2024). "Spain's 11 proposed 2030 World Cup stadiums announced by RFEF". The Athletic.
  12. ^ "FWC30 Bid book Yalla Vamos" (PDF). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  13. ^ "When and where is next AFCON? Confirmed dates, year, host cities, stadiums for Africa Cup of Nations 2025 in Morocco". sportingnews.com. 21 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Stade Moulay Abdellah". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  15. ^ "CCM FWC30 Bid book" (PDF). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Consejo de la FIFA confirma a Paraguay como sede inaugural del Mundial 2030" (in Spanish). Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. 4 October 2023.
  17. ^ "FIFA World Cup 2030: Everything you need to know". FIFA. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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