Key takeaways:
- FIFA has announced an agreement between continental leaders to accept a single candidate for the 2030 World Cup.
- This will be the first time a World Cup has been held in three different continents.
- The tournament will include 48 teams and is expected to take place in summer of 2030.
FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, announced an agreement Wednesday between continental leaders to accept a single candidate for the 2030 World Cup. This unprecedented three-continent project will include Europe, Africa, and South America, with the tournament set to begin with a 100th birthday celebration in Uruguay.
The agreement will allow the tournament to open in Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital, at the Centenario Stadium, which hosted the inaugural 1930 World Cup final. The Spain-Portugal bid, which was joined by Morocco this year, will now also include Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
This will be the first time a World Cup has been held in three different continents. The tournament will be the first to be held in South America since Brazil hosted in 2014, and the first to be held in Europe since Germany in 2006.
The 2030 World Cup will be the first to include 48 teams, up from the current 32-team format. The tournament will also mark the centenary of the first World Cup, which was held in Uruguay in 1930.
The announcement of the agreement is a major step forward in the planning of the 2030 World Cup. FIFA will now begin the process of selecting the host countries for the tournament, which is expected to take place in summer of 2030.
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