FIFA has announced that the 2030 World Cup will be the first tournament on multiple continents. Morocco, Portugal, and Spain will be the FIFA World Cup hosts.
However, the 2030 FIFA World Cup will be played in six different countries. However, to commemorate its 100th anniversary, the 2030 FIFA World Cup will be held in six nations.
Although the tournament will be hosted by Morocco, Portugal, and Spain officially, Argentina and Paraguay will host the first three games to mark the tournament’s 100-year anniversary.
This makes the 2030 World Cup the first tournament to be played on multiple continents
South American countries and the hosting of the first three 2030 FIFA World Cup matches
Uruguay, the South American country that hosted and won the first ever FIFA men’s World Cup in 1930, will be hosting one of the first three matches of the tournament.
Argentina, which placed second in the first ever FIFA men’s World Cup in 1930, will also host one of the first three games at the centenary world cup in 2030
Paraguay will also host one of the historic kick-offs of the 2030 tournament.
The first FIFA World Cup was one of a kind, according to FIFA, because all four teams that participated arrived at the tournament in one boat, to play in a stadium yet to be completed, and the famous goal was scored by a one-armed goalscorer in the final.
“Four teams arriving together on the same boat, an unfinished stadium, even a one-armed goalscorer in the final. Yet it ended with a familiar outpouring of joy as the whole of Uruguay took a public holiday after the Celeste became the first world champions by defeating neighbours Argentina 4-2.” FIFA stated in a blog post on its website.
The inclusion of three South American countries as hosts of the first three matches automatically increases the number of hosting countries from 3 to 6 for the world’s biggest football tournament, which will offer players, fans, tourists, and all stakeholders a carnival feel and a taste of football across continents. Teams will fly from one continent to the next, depending on the arrangements put out by FIFA for the tournament.
Which six countries will host the 2030 FIFA World Cup?
Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay will host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
Historical facts that will be documented about the 2030 Men’s World Cup
It is expected that the opening ceremony will be held in either Morocco, Portugal, or Spain.
This tournament will give Morocco the chance to be the first North African country to host World Cup matches.
Portugal will also make history as they will be hosting their first ever World Cup Match after they failed to win the hosting bid in 2018 and 2022.
This is the first time the World Cup will be hosted by six countries.
The 2030 World Cup will also be the first to be played across three continents. Thus, in Morocco (Africa), Portugal and Spain (Europe), Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay (South America).
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The 2026 tournament
Before the world turns its attention to 2030, the 2026 tournament will be staged by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with all three countries as the host nations.