2023-10-04 17:18:55
Fifa therefore chose… not to choose. While two main candidacies were still opposing each other for the organization of the men’s football World Cup in 2030, two trios Argentina-Uruguay-Paraguay and Spain-Portugal-Morocco, the president of the South American football confederation (CONMEBOL ) Alejandro Dominguez announced this Wednesday that the South American triptych would host… three opening matches of the competition, which will therefore take place for the rest in the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco.
“We aimed high and dreamed big,” Dominguez communicated on X (ex-Twitter). The 2030 Centenary World Cup begins where it all began. The hosts of the opening matches will be Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. » This South American candidacy, which had great symbolic value since it echoed the very first World Cup in Uruguay, in 1930, will therefore only be entitled to the first matches of Celeste, Argentina and Argentina. Paraguay, each of the three selections playing their first match in front of their home crowd.
#2030 Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will inaugurate the World Cup ???? @Argentina They will play the first game of the #2030 group stage at home and with their people.
We’re going to the World Cup party! ???????????????? https://t.co/ozbBbQzdPY
— AFA (@afa) October 4, 2023
Before the rest of the competition is played between Morocco, Spain and Portugal. One of the three countries will also host the opening ceremony, as detailed by several foreign media which reveal the details of this strange formula, including The Athletic. According to the British media, “After the first three matches, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and their three opponents will travel to Morocco, Spain and Portugal for the rest of the tournament” and “the six countries will automatically qualify for the tournament. »
After the small revolution that will be the 2026 World Cup organized across three countries (United States, Canada, Mexico), it will be the first World Cup contested across six countries, and especially three continents (South America, Europe, Africa). Morocco, Portugal and Paraguay will host World Cup matches for the first time in their history.
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