The 2030 World Cup is set to be one of the biggest in history as FIFA celebrates 100 years of the competition.
From six host nations to a possible 64 team tournament , 2030 could be a spectacle to trump the records broken in 2026.
From key dates to the early favourites, here's all you need to know about football's next global showpiece.
According to FIFA, the beginning of the 2030 World Cup is set to look a little different.
On Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9, there will be a centenary ceremony, celebrating 100 years since the first World Cup. This will be followed by the first matches of Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.
The official opening ceremony will take place on Thursday June 13, with the opening games taking place between June 13 and June 14. The opening matches for those in the same groups as Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will take place the weekend of June 15 and 16.
The final is set to take place on Sunday July 21.
There are officially six host nations for the 2030 World Cup. The combined bid of Morocco, Portugal and Spain was put forward CAF and UEFA and was successful. However, there will also be games taking place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay as part of the centenary celebrations.
Uruguay's place comes as a celebration of the first ever hosts and winners of the World Cup. Argentina's come as recognition of being the first ever runner's-up, while Paraguay are recognised as the home of CONMEBOL - the governing body of football in South America - and the fact it was the only confederation in existence at the time of the first World Cup.
Spotify Camp Nou - Barcelona (capacity 105,000) RCDE Stadium - Barcelona (capacity 40,500) San Mames Stadium - Bilbao (capacity 53,331) Estadio Gran Canaria - Las Palmas (capacity 32,400) Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid (capacity 83,186) Estadio Metropolitano - Madrid (capacity 70,692) Estadio de Anoeta - San Sebastian (capacity 42,300) Estadio de La Cartuja - Seville (capacity 70,000) Nou Mestalla - Valencia - (capacity 70,044) Estadio de Balaidos - Vigo (capacity 44,000) Estadio Nueva Romareda - Zaragoza (capacity 43,110)
Estadio da Luz - Lisbon (capacity 68,100) Estadio Jose Alvalade - Lisbon (capacity 52,095) Estadio do Dragao - Porto (capacity 50,333)
Adrar Stadium - Agadir (capacity 46,000) Hassan II Stadium - Casablanca (capacity 115,000)* Fez Stadium - Fez (capacity 55,800) Marrakesh Stadium - Marrakesh (capacity 45,860) Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium - Rabat (capacity 69,500) Ibn Batouta Stadium - Tangier (capacity 75,500)
Estadio Monumental - Buenos Aires (capacity 100,000)*
Estadio Centenario - Montevideo (capacity 62,782)*
Estadio Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb - Asuncion (capacity 46,000)*
*Projected capacity ahead of the 2030 World Cup
All six of the host nations automatically qualify for the tournament. The rest of the nations will have to qualify through their regional qualification stages.
The 2026 World Cup was the first 48-team tournament and allocated 16 guaranteed places to European nations, nine to Africa, eight to Asia, six each to North and South America and a single one to Oceania. There will also two places handed to teams who won an intercontinental play-off. Those were DR Congo and Iraq this time around.
However, there may be slight tweaks to this as FIFA President Gianni Infantino has already admitted to being open to expanding the World Cup further to 64 teams.
With world and European dominance secured, 2026 winners Spain are the current favourites to win the 2030 World Cup. Several key young players such as Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsi will only be in their early twenties in four years time and are expected to play a major role in the defence of their title.
France are seen as the best placed team to unseat them, while England are widely regarded as the third-favourites.
2026 runners-up Argentina have tumbled down the order with most bookmakers, with the expected absence of Lionel Messi set to have a major impact on the team's success.
The 2034 World Cup will be held for the first time in Saudi Arabia, who emerged as the only bidder to host the tournament. The president Saudi Arabian FA refused to rule out the possibility of another winter World Cup when speaking with Sky Sports in 2024, potentially following in the footsteps of Qatar in 2022.
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