Gianni Infantino, the President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), and Alejandro Dominguez, Head of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), officially finalized hosting rights for the first three matches of the Morocco-Spain-Portugal 2030 World Cup to be played in Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina, FIFA announced.
The signing ceremony took place on Thursday in Luque, Paraguay, at the headquarters of CONMEBOL, during its 78th Ordinary Congress.
High-ranking officials, including the Presidents of Paraguay, Santiago Pena, and Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, attended the event.
Infantino stated, “With this document we have signed, we will all contemplate ways to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the World Cup, harking back to the inaugural tournament held in Uruguay in 1930.”
“The 2030 World Cup will be the best, it will start in Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay, followed by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, uniting the world in a real intercontinental celebration,” the FIFA President said.
During the ceremony, Infantino and Dominguez signed the historic book featuring the original document by which the then-FIFA president, Jules Rimet, and South American leaders created the first World Cup in Uruguay.
The historical record was found recently during renovations at Montevideo’s Centenario Stadium, which hosted that first World Cup in 1930.
Last month, representatives from the Joint Morocco-Spain-Portugal Bid Commission for the FIFA 2030 World Cup held a special “reveal” ceremony in which they presented an overview of the highly anticipated World Cup 2030. They revealed the slogan, logo, bid video clip, social media handles, and special football ambassadors during a gathering held in Portugal.