Saudi Arabia set to host FIFA World Cup 2034, Morocco, Portugal, Spain to co-host 2030 edition

Saudi Arabia set to host the FIFA World Cup 2034 and the 2030 edition of the marquee event will be hosted by Morocco, Portugal and Spain.

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FIFA World Cup 2034 will be hosted by Saudi Arabia.

FIFA World Cup 2030, will be hosted jointly by Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.


The 2034 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by Saudi Arabia and the 100th edition of FIFA World Cup will be co-hosted by Morocco, Portugal and Spain confirmed by FIFA. 

Both bids were uncontested and approved during a virtual FIFA Congress on Wednesday. Along with this, the 2030 centenary matches of FIFA World Cup 2030, will be hosted jointly by Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

"Introducing the hosts for the next two editions of the @FIFAWorldCup! Morocco, Portugal and Spain will host in 2030, with centenary celebration matches in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Four years later, Saudi Arabia will host the FIFA World Cup 2034," FIFA wrote on X.

 

 


The first three matches of the marquee event will be played in South America in Estadio Centenario, Uruguay. Nations present during the FIFA Congress gave their votes by clapping their hands in front of their cameras.

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Saudi Arabia set to host the tournament for the first time as the last edition of the tournament was played in Qatar where Lionel Messi-led Argentina won the title defeating France. 

The 2034 World Cup will mark the first time the expanded 48-team tournament will be held in just one country.

The 48-team tournament will be hosted for the first time in the 2026 World Cup by three countries, the United States, Canada and Mexico.
 

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