Saudi Arabia set to host FIFA World Cup 2034
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One of the biggest sporting tournaments in the world, FIFA, has confirmed Saudi Arabia as the host for 2034 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA has sent a message of strength and unity after the historic awarding of hosting rights for the 2030 and 2034 editions of the FIFA World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said, underlining that the decisions were taken by consensus – a rarity in a divided world.
At the Extraordinary FIFA Congress held virtually from Zurich, Switzerland, and attended by the 211 FIFA Member Associations, Morocco, Portugal and Spain were appointed as the hosts of the FIFA World Cup 2030™, preceded by three centenary celebration matches in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, while Saudi Arabia was selected to stage the FIFA World Cup 2034™.
“These are game-changers for the entire world and the most important (part) of it is that all these decisions on the hosts of the (FIFA) World Cup have been taken by consensus, by agreement, by compromise between everyone,” Mr Infantino said.
With the FIFA World Cup 26™ to be staged in Canada, Mexico and the United States, five confederations – and ten FIFA Member Associations – will have a chance to host the tournament between 2026 and 2034.
“We go from North America in 2026 to South America in 2030, then to Africa and Europe, still in 2030, and then to Asia in 2034,” continued the FIFA President.
“A great message of unity, a message of strength, a message of the solidity of FIFA, of the football community; this is history at its best and the history books will definitely have a few pages of this beautiful chapter for FIFA, for football, for unity and for humanity.
