2030 FIFA World Cup
| Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2030 كأس العالم لكرة القدم 2030 Campeonato do Mundo da FIFA de 2030 ⴰⴽⵔⵡⴰⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ 2030 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Morocco Portugal Spain
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| Dates | 8 June – 21 July[1] |
| Teams | TBA[2] (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | TBA (including centenary match hosts) (in TBA host cities) |
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 tournament will be jointly hosted by Morocco, Portugal, and Spain; it would be the first across the Mediterranean Sea.
Possible format and expansion
In March 2025, CONMEBOL proposed a one-off 64-team expansion to honour the tournament's centennial anniversary during that month's FIFA Council meeting.[3] Later in September of that year, CONMEBOL leaders directly met with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in New York City to discuss the expansion. The idea has been met with strong criticism from fans and some football executives claiming a devaluing of the qualification process and a reduction in the quality of competition during the tournament should 64 teams—which represent 30% of FIFA members as of 2025—qualify for the tournament.[4]
Host selection
FIFA launched the bidding process in 2022.[5][6] Because of the rule preventing countries belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding tournaments to host the next one,[7] members of AFC and CONCACAF could not bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2030: Everything you need to know". FIFA. 7 December 2024. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/fifa-considers-expanding-2030-world-cup-to-64-teams/ar-AA23LWis
- ↑ "FIFA mulling expanded 64-team World Cup in 2030". ESPN.com. March 6, 2025. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025.
- ↑ "CONMEBOL pitches 64-team 2030 WC to Infantino". ESPN.com. September 24, 2025. Archived from the original on 24 September 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ n.a. (2007-10-29). "Rotation ends in 2018". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rumsby, Ben (14 October 2016). "England's hopes of hosting 2030 World Cup given boost". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2017.