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. The 2030 World Cup will mark the centennial World Cup competition. For the first time, three countries from two continents will host the competition, with Spain, Portugal, and Morocco as the host nations. Additionally, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay will serve as nations that open the event, as a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup.^[2] This will be the first World Cup held in Africa since 2010, in South America since 2014, and in Europe since 2018.

Host selection

FIFA launched the bidding process in earnest in 2022.^[3][4] As hosts of the 2022 and 2026 editions respectively, the 2030 FIFA World Cup could not be hosted by a member of the Asian AFC or the North American CONCACAF.^[5][6]

Hosts are required to have at least fourteen all-seater stadiums with a capacity of 40,000, with a minimum of seven being pre-existing. The opening match and final must take place in an 80,000-seat stadium, while the semi-finals must take place in a 60,000-seat stadium.^[7] Hosts must also have at least 72 suitable training site options for team base camps, four suitable venue-specific training site options per stadium, in addition to two suitable referee base camp training site options, all with suitable accommodation.^[7] The FIFA Council also regulates requirements relating to broadcasting sites, competition-related event sites, as well as accommodation. In addition, sustainability, environmental protections and human rights will also be factors considered by the council, along with governmental support, the organisational model to be used, besides provisions for the establishment of a "legacy fund".^[7][8]

Potential venues

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† denotes stadium used for previous men's World Cup tournament (Argentina, Spain and Uruguay only)

⋆ planned stadiums to be built

+ stadiums that will undergo renovation

Barcelona			Madrid		Lisbon
Camp Nou † +		RCDE Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu † +	Metropolitano Stadium	Estádio da Luz	Estádio José Alvalade
Capacity: 99,354 Expandable to: 105,000		Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 84,744	Capacity: 70,460	Capacity: 64,642	Capacity: 50,095
Valencia	Lisbon Porto class=notpageimage| 2030 FIFA World Cup (Portugal) Barcelona Bilbao Madrid Seville Valencia San Sebastián Vigo Zaragoza Málaga Murcia La Coruña Gijón class=notpageimage| 2030 FIFA World Cup (Spain) Casablanca Rabat Agadir Marrakesh Fez Tangier class=notpageimage| 2030 FIFA World Cup (Morocco) Las Palmas class=notpageimage| 2030 FIFA World Cup (Canary Islands-Spain)					Seville
Nou Mestalla +						La Cartuja
Capacity: 70,000						Capacity: 60,721
Bilbao						Porto
San Mamés						Estádio do Dragão
Capacity: 53,289						Capacity: 50,033
Murcia						Gijón
Nueva Condomina +						El Molinón † +
Capacity: 31,179 Expandable to: 42,000						Capacity: 29,029 To be expanded
Málaga		Zaragoza	Vigo	La Coruña	Las Palmas	San Sebastián
La Rosaleda † +		La Romareda † +	Balaídos † +	Riazor † +	Estadio Gran Canaria +	Anoeta Stadium
Capacity: 30,044 Expandable to: 45,000		Capacity: 33,608 Expandable to: 42,500	Capacity: 29,000 Expandable to: 41,900	Capacity: 32,660 Expandable to: 48,000	Capacity: 32,392 Expandable to: 44,682	Capacity: 40,000
Casablanca		Rabat	Tangier	Agadir	Marrakech	Fes
Grand Stade de Casablanca *		Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium +	Ibn Batouta Stadium +	Adrar Stadium +	Marrakesh Stadium +	Fez Stadium +
Capacity: 113,000		Capacity: 53,000 Expandable to: 69,500	Capacity: 65,000 Expandable to: 88,000	Capacity: 45,480	Capacity: 45,240 Expandable to: 70,000	Capacity: 45,000

Centenary ceremony match host cities:

Montevideo	Buenos Aires	Luque	Asunción Buenos Aires Montevideo class=notpageimage| 2030 FIFA World Cup (South America)
Centenario † +	Antonio Vespucio Liberti †	Estadio Conmebol *
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 83,000	Capacity: 60,000

Teams

Qualification

All six host nations will qualify for the World Cup.^[2][9]

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Total times qualified	Last time qualified	Current consecutive appearances	Previous best performance
Morocco	Co-hosts	4 October 2023[10]	7	2022	4	Fourth place (2022)
Portugal	Co-hosts	4 October 2023[10]	9	2022	7	Third place (1966)
Spain	Co-hosts	4 October 2023[10]	17	2022	13	Winners (2010)
Argentina	Anniversary match co-hosts	5 October 2023[10]	19	2022	14	Winners (1978, 1986, 2022)
Paraguay	Anniversary match co-hosts	5 October 2023[10]	9	2010	1	Quarter-finals (2010)
Uruguay	Anniversary match co-hosts	5 October 2023[10]	15	2022	5	Winners (1930, 1950)

References