When is the 2030 World Cup Played: Confirmed Venues and Dates

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has concluded with Spain emerging as the world's best team, securing their second-ever title by defeating Argentina 1-0. This marks the end of the 23rd edition of the planet's premier football tournament, and attention is already turning to the 2030 World Cup.

The 2030 tournament will be a unique, multi-continental event, hosted across six nations: Spain, Morocco, Portugal, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina. In a special commemoration of the tournament's centenary, the first FIFA World Cup, which took place in Uruguay in 1930, Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay will each host a single match. The remaining matches will be played in Europe and Africa, with Spain expected to host the majority of the games and serve as the primary host nation.

FIFA officially confirmed Argentina as one of the six host nations in 2023. The governing body stated that the centenary celebration would be held in South America, with Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay each staging one match. The inaugural match of the 2030 World Cup will be played at the historic Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, the very stadium where the first World Cup began in 1930.

Spain is set to utilize nine stadiums for the tournament, including venues in Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Seville, Las Palmas, San Sebastián, and Zaragoza. Morocco will host matches in Marrakech, Agadir, Fez, Casablanca, Tangier, and Rabat. Portugal's three host cities will be Lisbon and Porto. The local teams in these host nations, along with the other three co-hosts, have already secured their qualification for the tournament.

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The FIFA Council, in representation of the entire football world, has unanimously agreed to celebrate the centenary of the FIFA World Cup, whose first edition was played in Uruguay in 1930, in the most appropriate way. As a result, there will be a celebration in South America and three South American countries (Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay) will each host a FIFA World Cup 2030 match. The first of these three will be played in the stadium where it all began, in the mythical Centenario of Montevideo, precisely to celebrate the centenary edition of the World Cup.