Future association football tournament
2030 FIFA World Cup كأس العالم لكرة القدم 2030 ⴰⴽⵔⵡⴰⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ 2030 Campeonato do Mundo da FIFA de 2030 Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2030 Tournament details Host countries MoroccoCentenary match hosts: Argentina Paraguay Uruguay Dates 8 June – 21 July[ 1] Teams 48 (from 6 confederations) Venue 19(including centenary match hosts) (in 19 host cities)
International football competition
The2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24thFIFA World Cup , a quadrennial internationalfootball tournament contested by themen's national teams of the member associations ofFIFA .
The tournament will be jointly hosted byMorocco ,Portugal , andSpain ; it would be the first across theMediterranean Sea . In honour of the 100th anniversary of thefirst FIFA World Cup in 1930, a special match and centennial celebration will be held atEstadio Centenario inMontevideo , Uruguay—host stadium of the1930 final , as well as one match each inBuenos Aires , Argentina, andAsunción , Paraguay.
This will be the first World Cup held inNorth Africa and the first anywhere in Africa since2010 ; in South America since2014 , and in Europe since2018 . In terms of the countries, this will be the first World Cup held in Morocco, Portugal, and Paraguay; Uruguay since the inaugural tournament in1930 ; Argentina since1978 ; and Spain since1982 .
Possible format and expansion In March 2025, it was initially reported thatCONMEBOL proposed a one-off 64-team expansion to honour the tournament's centennial anniversary during that month'sFIFA Council meeting.[ 2] Gianni Infantino inNew York City to discuss the expansion. The idea has been met with backlash 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.[ 3]
Host selection FIFA launched the bidding process in 2022.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] AFC andCONCACAF could not bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup,[ 7] [ 8] 2022 (Qatar) and2026 (United States, Canada, and Mexico).
On 11 December 2024, FIFA confirmed that the 2030 World Cup will be jointly hosted by Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. This announcement was made alongside the decision to award the2034 tournament toSaudi Arabia during an Extraordinary FIFA Congress meeting.[ 9]
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Prior to finalising the bid book on 31 July 2024, theRoyal Spanish Football Federation announced its proposed 11 stadiums from 9 cities to host matches. The federation had also proposed two more stadiums,Nou Mestalla inValencia , andBalaídos inVigo , but their inclusion would have exceeded FIFA's maximum of twenty stadiums.[ 10] [ 11]
In April 2025, some residents ofSan Sebastián wrote to FIFA asking to be removed as a host city amidovertourism .[ 12] Málaga withdrew due to logistical reasons regarding the renovation ofLa Rosaleda .[ 13]
List of candidate host cities and stadiums Country City Stadium Capacity Image Morocco Agadir Adrar Stadium 46,000 (after renovation) Casablanca Hassan II Stadium (new) 115,000 Fez Fez Stadium 55,800 (after renovation) Marrakesh Marrakesh Stadium 45,860 (after renovation) Rabat Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium 69,500 Tangier Tangier Grand Stadium 75,500 Portugal Lisbon [ b] Estádio da Luz 70,000-80,000 (after renovation) [ 14] Estádio José Alvalade 52,095 Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,033 Spain A Coruña Estadio Riazor 42,800 (after renovation) Barcelona [ b] Camp Nou 105,000 (after renovation) RCDE Stadium 40,500 Bilbao San Mamés Stadium 53,331 Las Palmas Estadio Gran Canaria 44,500 (after renovation) Madrid [ b] Bernabéu 83,186 Metropolitano Stadium 70,692 San Sebastián Anoeta Stadium 42,300 (after renovation) Seville Estadio de La Cartuja 70,000 Zaragoza Nueva Romareda (new) 43,110
Three South American cities were also selected in the bid book to host the three centenary matches.[ 15]
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All six host nations will qualify for the World Cup.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
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Controversies
Inclusion of centenary match hosts With the FIFA rotation system,[ 28] CONCACAF (which won the rights to host the2026 World Cup ),CONMEBOL ,UEFA , andCAF were unable to bid, leaving2034 open only for theAFC andOFC . This led to accusations that FIFA intentionally selected these countries, especially those in the CONMEBOL region, to ensure thatSaudi Arabia , an AFC member withmajor human rights controversies , would winits bid unopposed.[ 29] [ 30]
Animal welfare concerns Animal rights organisations have accused Morocco of killing stray dogs ahead of its co-hosting of the FIFA World Cup. These groups estimate the stray dog population at three million and have alleged that methods used include poisoning and shooting.[ 31] [ 32]
In response, Moroccan authorities adopted Law 19-25 in 2025, which established a legal framework for the management of stray animals. The law introduced measures such as sterilisation, vaccination, identification, and the use of shelters, and restricted the killing of stray animals.[ 33] [ 34]
2025 Gen Z protests In late September 2025, a series of protests erupted in several cities in Morocco by young people calling themselves Gen Z 212.[ 35] [ 36] 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[ 37] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40]
Notes ^ The FIFA extraordinary congress was held online. ^a b c The cities of Barcelona, Lisbon and Madrid are each expected to choose one out of two shortlisted venues in their cities.
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