Jump to content

2030 FIFA World Cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by DB Dilan Brechero (talk | contribs) at 15:03, 25 July 2018 (→‎Host selection). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

2030 FIFA World Cup
Tournament details
TeamsTBA (likely 48)[1] (from 6 confederations)
← 2026
2034 →

The 2030 FIFA World Cup would be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. This will be 100 years after the first World Cup which took place in Uruguay; that nation has also expressed an interest in hosting the 2030 tournament.

Host selection

Two early bids for the 2030 FIFA World Cup – the Centennial World Cup – were proposed. The first was a collective bid by the members of the Argentine Football Association and Uruguayan Football Association into a proposed joint bid.[2] The second was by The Football Association of England.[3] Under FIFA rules as of 2017, the 2030 World Cup cannot be held in Asia (AFC), as its members are excluded from the bidding following the selection of Qatar in 2022, or in North America (CONCACAF), where the 2026 edition will be hosted.[4][3]

The joint bid by Argentina and Uruguay was announced on 29 July 2017.[5] Before Uruguay and Argentina played out a goalless draw in Montevideo, FC Barcelona players Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi promoted the bid with commemorative shirts.[6] On 31 August 2017, it was suggested Paraguay would join as a third host.[7] CONMEBOL, the South American confederation, confirmed the joint three-way bid in September 2017.[8] The Uruguay–Argentina–Paraguay bid would coincide with the centennial anniversary of the first FIFA World Cup final hosted by Uruguay as well as the bicentennial of the first Constitution of Uruguay.

In 2015, The Football Association vice-chairman David Gill had stated that his country could potentially bid for 2030, provided that the bidding process was made more transparent.[9] Journalist Ben Rumsby wrote, "England is one of few countries that could stage even a 48-nation event[1] in its entirety, while Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn made it clear earlier this year bidding for 2030 was an option."[3] In June 2017, UEFA's president Aleksander Čeferin stated that Europe (UEFA) would definitely fight for its "turn" to host the World Cup in 2030.[10] The same month, UEFA stated that "it would support a pan-British bid for 2030 or even a single bid from England."[11] Moreover, a possible United Kingdom bid for 2030 was also backed by the German Football Association.[12] On 15 July 2018, Deputy Leader of the UK Labour Party, Tom Watson, said in an interview that he and his party backed a 2030 World Cup bid for the UK saying that "I hope it's one of the first things a Labour government does, which is work with our FA to try and put a World Cup bid together."[13] On 16 July 2018, British Prime Minister Theresa May expressed her support of the bid and her openness about discussions with football authorities.[14][15] Although there had been no prior discussion with the Football Association, the Scottish FA also expressed its interest about joining a Home Nations bid.[16] Former Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish has called the Scottish government and the Scottish Football Association to bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup with the other British nations.[17]

On 17 June 2018, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced its co-bidding for the 2030 World Cup, together with the Tunisian Football Federation and the Algerian Football Federation.[18][19] That same day, The Football Association (England) announced that they were in talks with the other home nations over a UK-wide bid to host the event.[20]

There was also an interest for Egypt to bid for a FIFA World Cup, expressed by the country's Sports Minister.[21]

Greek politician and former MEP Georgios Karatzaferis has suggested that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should pursue a bid with Cyprus and Israel.[22]

Current FIFA rules block Asian Football Confederation nations from hosting the 2030 World Cup.[3] Nevertheless,

Announced potential bids

The bidding procedure has not yet started, but several (groups of) countries have indicated they are willing to bid.

CONMEBOL
File:Uruguay-Argentina-Paraguay 2030.png
The logo for the Uruguay–Argentina–Paraguay World Cup bid.
Main article: Uruguay–Argentina–Paraguay 2030 FIFA World Cup bid

Potential bids

CAF
Main article: Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid
  •  Morocco[18] (pending on  Algeria and  Tunisia)[26]
  •  Egypt[21]
UEFA
  •  England /  Scotland /  Wales /  Northern Ireland[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Unanimous decision expands FIFA World Cup™ to 48 teams from 2026". FIFA. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Coupe du Monde 2030 : l'Argentine et l'Uruguay confirment leur intérêt". Mondial-2030 (in French). January 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "England's hopes of hosting 2030 World Cup given boost". Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ^ Tim Hill in New York (9 March 2017). "Trump travel ban could prevent United States hosting World Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  5. ^ Dudko, James (29 July 2017). "Argentina, Uruguay Announce Bid to Host 2030 FIFA World Cup". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System.
  6. ^ Gadd, Mick (1 September 2017). "Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez campaign for Uruguay and Argentina's 2030 World Cup bid before 0–0 draw". Daily Mirror.
  7. ^ "Es oficial: Paraguay se suma a la candidatura de Argentina y Uruguay para el Mundial 2030" [It's official: Paraguay adds itself to the Argentina and Uruguay bid] (in Spanish). 5 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Sin Messi ni Suárez, así es el primer video promocional para la candidatura del Mundial 2030" [Without Messi and Suarez, here is the first promotional video for the 2030 World Cup bid] (in Spanish). 5 September 2017.
  9. ^ "England could bid for 2030 World Cup, says FA vice-chairman David Gill". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  10. ^ "UEFA will 'fight' for Europe's right to host 2030 World Cup". Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  11. ^ a b McMahon, Bobby. "Uruguay, Argentina And Paraguay Bid For 2030 FIFA World Cup Finals Will Be Hard To Beat". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  12. ^ "England amazingly backed by Germany in World Cup 2030 bid". thesun.co.uk. 13 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Tom Watson: Labour would back an England-led bid to host the World Cup in 2030". ITV News. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Theresa May backs bid to bring football home by holding World Cup 2030 in Britain". Daily Mirror. 16 July 2018.
  15. ^ "World Cup 2030: UK bid to host tournament backed by government". The Independent. 16 July 2018.
  16. ^ "World Cup 2030: Scottish FA 'open-minded' to joining home nations bid". BBC. 17 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Henry McLeish: Scotland should lead home nations bid for World Cup 2030". Herald Scotland. 21 July 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Morocco Will Bid Again to Host 2030 World Cup".
  19. ^ "Zetchi : Pour une coupe du monde "Algérie-Tunisie-Maroc" en 2030 – Algerie Direct". Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  20. ^ a b "FA in talks with home nations over UK-wide bid to host 2030 World Cup". The Guardian. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Egypt planning to bid to host 2030 World Cup". FourFourTwo. 10 July 2018.
  22. ^ iefimerida.gr (27 June 2018). "Ο Καρατζαφέρης προτείνει στον Τσίπρα συνδιοργάνωση του Μουντιάλ 2030 από Ελλάδα, Κύπρο και Ισραήλ". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  23. ^ ElPais. "Valdez: "La candidatura original es Uruguay-Argentina"". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  24. ^ ElPais. "Molestia en Uruguay por video de Conmebol". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  25. ^ País, Ediciones El. "Messi y Suárez apadrinan el Mundial Uruguay Argentina 2030". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  26. ^ "Mondial-2030 : la Tunisie est pour une candidature commune avec le Maroc et l'Algérie - France 24". 6 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2030_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=851938354"