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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. 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.

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

FIFA launched the bidding process in 2022. Having hosted the 2022 and 2026 editions, members of AFC and CONCACAF cannot host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

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.

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

Concerns

Fans, football officials, and environmental groups have 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 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. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter warned that the number of hosts of the 2030 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 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.

Potential venues

• Morocco
•  1  Agadir
•  2  Casablanca
•  3  Fes
•  4  Marrakech
•  5  Rabat
•  6  Tangier

• Portugal
•  7  Lisbon
•  8  Porto
•  

• Spain
•  9  A Coruña
•  10  Barcelona
•  11  Bilbao
•  12  Las Palmas
•  13  Madrid
•  14  Málaga
•  15  San Sebastián
•  16  Seville
•  17  Zaragoza

• Paraguay
•  1  Asunción

• Argentina
•  2  Buenos Aires

• Uruguay
•  3  Montevideo

Before 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. 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.

List of candidate host cities

City	Stadium	Capacity
A Coruña	Estadio Riazor	34,889 (expanded to 48,015)
Agadir	Adrar Stadium	45,480 (expansion up to 70,000)
Barcelona	Camp Nou	105,000
	Stage Front Stadium	40,000
Bilbao	San Mamés Stadium	53,331
Casablanca	Hassan II Stadium (new)	115,000
Fes	Fez Stadium	45,000 (possible expansion to 55,800)
Las Palmas	Estadio Gran Canaria	32,392 (expanded to 44,500)
Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	66,647 (possible expansion to 70,000)
	Estádio José Alvalade	50,095 (possible expansion to 52,095)
Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium	80,000
	Metropolitano Stadium	70,460
Málaga	La Rosaleda Stadium	30,044 (expanded to 45,000)
Marrakech	Marrakesh Stadium	45,240 (expanded to 45,860)
Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,033
Rabat	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (New)	68,700
San Sebastián	Anoeta Stadium	39,313 (expanded to 42,300)
Seville	Estadio de La Cartuja	57,600 (possible expansion to 70,000–75,000)
Tangier	Ibn Batouta Stadium	65,000 (expanded to 75,600)
Zaragoza	La Romareda	33,608 (expanded to 42,500)

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

List of candidate host cities

City	Stadium	Capacity
Asuncion	Estadio Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb	46,000
Buenos Aires	Estadio Monumental	84,593
Montevideo	Estadio Centenario	62,782

Teams

Qualification

All six host nations will qualify for the World Cup.

•  Morocco (co-host)

•  Argentina (anniversary match co-host)
•  Paraguay (anniversary match co-host)
•  Uruguay (anniversary match co-host)

•  Portugal (co-host)
•  Spain (co-host)

Notes

1. The FIFA extraordinary congress was held online

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