2030 FIFA World Cup
{{short description|Future association football tournament}}
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = FIFA World Cup
| year = 2030
| other_titles = 2030 كأس العالم لكرة القدم
Coupe du Monde FIFA 2030
ⵜⴰⵇⴱⵓⵛⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ ⵏ FIFA 2030
Campeonato do Mundo da FIFA de 2030
FIFA Tembiesarái Yvypavẽ 2030
Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2030
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| country = Morocco
| country2 = Portugal
| country3 = Spain
| country4 = {{ubl|Centenary match hosts:|Argentina|Paraguay|Uruguay}}
| dates = 8 June – 21 July{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/articles/world-cup-2030-hosts-qualified-bidding-spain-argentina-morocco-uruguay-portugal-paraguay |title=FIFA World Cup 2030: Everything you need to know|publisher=FIFA |date=7 December 2024 |access-date=18 December 2024}}
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| num_teams = 48
| venues = 20 (including centenary match hosts)
| cities = 20
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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.
For the first time, three countries from two continents will host the competition, with Morocco, Portugal, and Spain as host nations. Moreover, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the FIFA World Cup, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay will each host one game; the latter of which hosted the first World Cup in 1930.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=2034 Fifa World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed as tournament hosts |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c1j0p3x0klzo |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC}} 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 Buenos Aires, Argentina and Asunción, Paraguay, respectively. The rest of the games will be held in Morocco, Portugal and Spain.{{cite web|access-date=2023-10-04|title=FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA World Cup editions in 2030 and 2034|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/fifa-council/media-releases/fifa-council-takes-key-decisions-on-fifa-world-cup-tm-editions-in-2030-and-2034|publisher=FIFA}}
This will be the first World Cup held in North Africa as well as anywhere in 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; Uruguay since the inaugural tournament in 1930; Argentina since 1978; and Spain since 1982.
Host selection
{{Main|2030 FIFA World Cup bids|Morocco–Portugal–Spain 2030 FIFA World Cup bid|Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay 2030 FIFA World Cup bid|Bulgaria–Greece–Romania–Serbia UEFA Euro 2028 and 2030 FIFA World Cup bid}}
FIFA launched the bidding process in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5fb488619f78d098/original/ib1orcjtqv8kwp2bwpfi-pdf.pdf |title=Agenda of meeting no. 11 of the FIFA Council |publisher=FIFA |date=21 October 2019 |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029131703/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5fb488619f78d098/original/ib1orcjtqv8kwp2bwpfi-pdf.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/2030-fifa-world-cup-host-countries-bid-europe-africa-america/vb9n2t2h70fnwfiprrlk3qus |title=Who will host 2030 FIFA World Cup? Bids from Africa, South America, and Europe in the running, including Ukraine |website=The Sporting News |date=5 October 2022 |access-date=14 November 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111102410/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/2030-fifa-world-cup-host-countries-bid-europe-africa-america/vb9n2t2h70fnwfiprrlk3qus |url-status=live }} Having hosted the 2022 and 2026 editions, members of AFC and CONCACAF cannot host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web |author=Tim Hill in New York |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/09/donald-trump-travel-ban-could-prevent-united-states-hosting-football-world-cup |title=Trump travel ban could prevent United States hosting World Cup |work=The Guardian |date=9 March 2017 |access-date=11 April 2017 |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114173744/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/09/donald-trump-travel-ban-could-prevent-united-states-hosting-football-world-cup |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=England's hopes of hosting 2030 World Cup given boost|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=14 October 2016 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/10/14/england-given-major-2030-world-cup-boost-after-fifa-block-china/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/10/14/england-given-major-2030-world-cup-boost-after-fifa-block-china/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=14 January 2017|last=Rumsby |first=Ben }}{{cbignore}}
On 11 December 2024, FIFA confirmed that the 2030 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.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=2034 Fifa World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed as tournament hosts |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c1j0p3x0klzo |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC}}
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Potential venues
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| {{bgcolor|#57bbb6| {{Color|white|4}} }} Marrakech
| {{bgcolor|#57bbb6| {{Color|white|5}} }} Rabat
| {{bgcolor|#57bbb6| {{Color|white|6}} }} Tangier }} }}
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| Portugal
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| {{bgcolor|#6bc077| {{Color|white|8}} }} Porto
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| Spain
| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|9}} }} A Coruña
| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|10}} }} Barcelona
| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|11}} }} Bilbao
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| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|13}} }} Madrid
| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|14}} }} Málaga
| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|15}} }} San Sebastián
| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|16}} }} Seville
| {{bgcolor|#f48472| {{Color|white|17}} }} Zaragoza }} }} }}
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| mark-description2 = Hassan II Stadium
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| mark-description3 = Fez Stadium
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| mark-title4 = Marrakesh
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| mark-description5 = Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
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| mark-description6 = Ibn Batouta Stadium
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| mark-title7 = Lisbon
| mark-description7 = Estádio da Luz, Estádio José Alvalade
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| mark-title8 = Porto
| mark-description8 = Estádio do Dragão
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| mark-title9 = A Coruña
| mark-description9 = Estadio Riazor
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| mark-description10 = Camp Nou, RCDE Stadium
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| mark-title11 = Bilbao
| mark-description11 = San Mamés Stadium
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| mark-description12 = Estadio Gran Canaria
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| mark-description14 = La Rosaleda Stadium
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| mark-description15 = Anoeta Stadium
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| Paraguay
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| mark-description2 = Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti
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Prior to finalizing the bid book on 31 July 2024, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced its proposed 11 stadiums from 9 cities to host matches. The federation had also proposed two more stadiums, Nou Mestalla in Valencia, and Balaídos in Vigo, but their inclusion would have exceeded FIFA's maximum of twenty stadiums.{{cite web|last=Rampling|first=Ali|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5646984/2024/07/19/2030-world-cup-stadiums-spain-where/|title=Spain's 11 proposed 2030 World Cup stadiums announced by RFEF|website=The Athletic|date=19 July 2024}} The host city list was finalized 12 days later. It includes six stadiums in six cities in Morocco, three stadiums in two cities in Portugal, and eleven stadiums in nine cities in Spain, for a total of twenty stadiums in seventeen cities.{{cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/1d713bc7ba2621fe/original/FWC30-Bidbook-Yalla-Vamos.pdf|date=31 July 2024|access-date=31 July 2024|title=FWC30 Bid book Yalla Vamos}}
In April 2025, residents of San Sebastián wrote to FIFA asking to be removed as a host city amid overtourism.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/08/san-sebastian-locals-write-to-fifa-saying-they-dont-want-to-host-2030-world-cup | title=San Sebastián locals write to Fifa saying they don't want to host 2030 World Cup | work=The Guardian | date=8 April 2025 | last1=Kassam | first1=Ashifa }}
Three South American cities were also selected in the bid book to host centenary matches.{{cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/69dc4b2ef56d21db/original/CCM-FWC30-Bid-Book.pdf|date=31 July 2024|access-date=31 July 2024|title=CCM FWC30 Bid book}}
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| City | Stadium | Capacity |
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| {{flagicon|Paraguay}} Asuncion | Estadio Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb (New) | 46,000{{cite web|access-date=2024-12-13|title=Así será el ODD, el estadio que albergará el partido inaugural|url=https://d10.ultimahora.com/asi-sera-el-odd-el-estadio-que-albergara-el-partido-inaugural|website=D10|date=11 December 2024 |language=es}} |
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Buenos Aires | Estadio Monumental | 85,018 |
| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Montevideo | Estadio Centenario | 60,235 |
Teams
= Qualification =
File:2030 world cup qualification map.svg
All six host nations will qualify for the World Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.apf.org.py/espanol/consejo-de-la-fifa-confirma-a-paraguay-como-sede-inaugural-del-mundial-2030-4?nid=17245|date=4 October 2023|language=es|title=Consejo de la FIFA confirma a Paraguay como sede inaugural del Mundial 2030|publisher=Paraguayan Football Association}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/articles/world-cup-2030-hosts-qualified-bidding-spain-argentina-morocco-uruguay-portugal-paraguay|title=FIFA World Cup 2030: Everything you need to know|publisher=FIFA|date=10 October 2023|access-date=21 October 2023}}
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- {{fb|ARG}} (anniversary match co-host)
- {{fb|PAR}} (anniversary match co-host)
- {{fb|URU}} (anniversary match co-host) }}
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- {{fb|POR}} (co-host)
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Broadcasting
- Croatia – HRT{{Cite web |last=Donaldson |first=Alex |date=2024-10-28 |title=EBU secures 2026, 2030 FIFA World Cup rights in five nations |url=https://www.sportcal.com/news/ebu-secures-2026-2030-fifa-world-cup-rights-in-five-nations/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Sportcal |language=en-US}}
- Czech Republic – ČT, TV Nova
- Europe – EBU{{Cite web |last=Union (EBU) |first=European Broadcasting |date=2024-10-28 |title=EBU secures rights for FIFA World Cup 2026™ & FIFA World Cup 2030™ |url=https://www.ebu.ch/news/2024/10/ebu-secures-rights-for-fifa-world-cup-2026TM-fifa-world-cup-2030TM |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.ebu.ch |language=en}}
- France – M6{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240307395097/en/|title=M6 Official Broadcaster of the Two World Cup : Fifa 2026 and Fifa 2030|access-date=March 7, 2024|date=March 7, 2024|website=Businesswire|archive-date=March 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307075435/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240307395097/en/|url-status=live}}
- Hungary – MTVA
- Netherlands – NOS{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/l/2536882|title=WK's voetbal van 2026 en 2030 ook te zien bij de NOS|date=September 12, 2024|access-date=September 12, 2024 |website=nos.nl |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912190459/https://nos.nl/l/2536882|url-status=live}}
- Slovakia – TV JOJ
- South Korea - JTBC{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2024 |title=Korea's JTBC swoops for 2026, 2030 World Cup rights |url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/jtbc-swoops-for-2026-2030-fifa-world-cup-rights-in-korea/ |access-date=May 3, 2024 |website=SportBusiness |language=en-US |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503054751/https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/jtbc-swoops-for-2026-2030-fifa-world-cup-rights-in-korea/ |url-status=live }}
- United Kingdom – BBC, ITV{{Cite web |title=BBC and ITV agree World Cup deal for 2026 and 2030 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cvgn1230dx6o |access-date=December 17, 2024 |website=BBC Sport |date=17 December 2024 }}
Controversies
Fans, football officials, and environmental groups responded to the selection of hosts for the 2030 World Cup by noting that travel between South America and Europe will expend considerable resources. They have also noted the issues for fans of teams that will play in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as well as the short amount of rest for players once they return to the main match sites in Iberia and Morocco. With the FIFA rotation system, CONCACAF (which will host the 2026 World Cup), CONMEBOL, UEFA, and CAF would be unable to bid, leaving 2034 open only for the AFC and OFC, leading to accusations that FIFA intentionally selected these countries, especially those in the CONMEBOL region, to ensure that Saudi Arabia, an AFC member with major human rights controversies, would win its bid unopposed.{{cite news|url=https://theweek.com/sports/fifa-controversy-world-cup-2030-saudi-arabia-2034|title=FIFA catches blowback over 2030 World Cup|first=Justin|last=Klawans|date=6 October 2023|work=The Week}}{{Cite news |title=Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup |work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67271423 |access-date=31 October 2023 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031143256/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67271423 |url-status=live }}
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