2030 World Cup

One tournament, two hemispheres, six countries. Spain, Portugal and Morocco will co-host the 2030 men’s World Cup – but the opening matches will be held in South America to mark the centenary of the Fifa World Cup. That means teams will play across different seasons and hemispheres within the same tournament. Who else wanted to host in 2030? Four South American nations – Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay – submitted a joint bid in early 2023. But by October that year, Fifa confirmed the joint bid of Morocco, Portugal and Spain was the sole candidate. Spain and Portugal initially launched a…