Morocco, Portugal and Spain will host the FIFA World Cup 2030, with centenary matches in South America

Background

FIFA announced that Morocco, Portugal and Spain will host the FIFA World Cup 2030. Three centenary celebration matches will take place in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in 2030, one in each country. The decision was taken at an Extraordinary FIFA Congress convened virtually, and the media release is dated 11 December 2024. At the same Congress, Saudi Arabia was appointed to stage the FIFA World Cup 2034. FIFA President Gianni Infantino and FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom are named in the release. Morocco will therefore be the second African nation to stage matches of a World Cup finals.