2030 World Cup will take place in 6 countries with opening game in Uruguay
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Argentina and Paraguay will host first round matches
The 2030 World Cup will have an unprecedented format being divided into two continents with games in six countries with the opening game in Montevideo, Uruguay, as a tribute to the first edition of the World Cup, played in 1930.
The first round games will take place in Argentina and Paraguay. From then on, the remaining matches of the World Cup will be in Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
The decision was taken this Wednesday (4), by the FIFA Council (International Football Federation), and announced in a press conference by the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez.
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The 2030 World Cup will be held in Portugal, Spain and Morocco.
However, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay’s first games at the World Cup will be played in South America.
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📸 Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters pic.twitter.com/vak8C9piTA— Goleada Info (@goleada_info) October 4, 2023
We Always Believe. The 2030 Centenary World Cup will start where it all began.
Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will host the opening games of the #MundialCentenario 🏆
— Alejandro Domínguez (@agdws) October 4, 2023
“There is no stadium more important for world football than the Centenário stadium. The opening game has to be there,” said Domínguez.
In a statement published on the FIFA website, the entity’s president, Gianni Infantino, stated that the 2030 World Cup means “a great message of peace, tolerance and inclusion”.
South America, the place where everyone comes from, will once again be the scene of the inauguration of the World Cup in 2030 🏆 @tapiachiqui @nachoalonso33 @RHarrisonP pic.twitter.com/qzlttxNeIZ
— Alejandro Domínguez (@agdws) October 4, 2023
*With information from Globo Sport
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