World Cup back in Africa as FIFA announces 2030 competition hosts

World football governing body, FIFA, has disclosed that the 2030 World Cup competition will be decided across six countries. This is the first time such will happen in the history of the round leather game after Spain, Portugal and Morocco were announced as hosts of the 2030 edition… Kamil Sodiq reports

The Federation of International Football, FIFA, has announced that the 2030 World Cup will be held across six countries in three continents for the first time in the history of the tournament.

Spain, Portugal and Morocco have been named as the co-hosts, with the opening three matches taking place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

This is the second time that the FIFA World Cup will be decided in Africa following South Africa’s successful hosting of the tournament in 2010.

The opening matches in South America will commemorate the 100 years anniversary of the World Cup, which began in Montevideo 100 years ago.

The decision is expected to be approved by a Fifa conference next year.

Meanwhile FIFA has again disclosed that bids from the Asian Football Confederation and the Oceania Football Confederation will be considered for the 2034 finals.

Following that decision, Saudi Arabia stated that it would bid to host the event for the first time in 2034 after it lost out on the 2030 opportunities.

Although the move to host the most popular football competition across three different continents has generated mixed reactions, Fifa president Gianni Infantino however said: “In a divided world, Fifa and football are uniting.”

Spain last hosted the World Cup in 1982. Portugal has never hosted the tournament, but Euro football competition was decided in the country on 2004.