2030 FIFA World Cup

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 first World Cup took place in South America, hosted by 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 Buenos Aires, Argentina and Asunción, 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 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; Spain since 1982.
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.
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. 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. The cities of Barcelona, Lisbon and Madrid will each choose one out of two shortlisted venues in their cities.
Three South American cities were also selected in the bid book to host centenary matches.
All six host nations will qualify for the World Cup.
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.