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The 2030 FIFA World Cup final will take place at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. This venue hosted the inaugural tournament in 1930 and serves as the centennial anniversary match location.
Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain serve as joint hosts for the 2030 FIFA World Cup. These six nations represent the first time the tournament spans three continents simultaneously with kickoff events in South America followed by matches across Europe and Africa.
FIFA confirmed Morocco, Portugal, and Spain as joint hosts on the 11th of December 2024 during an Extraordinary Congress meeting in Zürich. The bidding process launched in 2022 while rules prevented previous host confederations from submitting bids until this announcement.
The final stadium list includes twenty venues located across seventeen different cities in the host nations. Six facilities reside in Morocco, three in Portugal, and eleven in Spain after Málaga officially withdrew on the 12th of July 2025 due to renovation issues at La Rosaleda stadium.
Protests erupted in late September 2025 led by Gen Z 212 demonstrators citing deterioration of health and education systems alongside government spending priorities. Critics claimed FIFA manipulated rotation rules to ensure Saudi Arabia won the 2034 bid unopposed while blocking other confederations from bidding.