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The hosts for both World Cups were announced by the FIFA Executive Committee on 2 December 2010. Russia was selected to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, making it the first time that the World Cup was hosted in Eastern Europe and making it the biggest country geographically to host the World Cup.
Mexico City is the only capital of the three host nations chosen as a venue site, with Ottawa and Washington, D.C., joining Bonn (West Germany, 1974) and Tokyo (Japan, 2002) as the only capital cities not selected to host World Cup matches.
The 2034 FIFA World Cup will be the 25th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. In December 2024, Saudi Arabia was formally confirmed as the host nation by FIFA following an uncontested bidding process.
ZURICH (AP) — Saudi Arabia scored a major win in its campaign to attract major sports events to the kingdom when it was formally appointed as the 2034 World Cup host on Wednesday. Still, many ...
Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup, while the 2030 World Cup hosts are Morocco, ... 2024. The World Cup returns to Spain for the first time since 1982, while Portugal, Morocco and Paraguay ...
There was controversy over the choice of Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup due to the country's human rights record. ... 2024. / Credit: Harold Cunningham - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images
Saudi Arabia will be the first country to host the World Cup alone in its 48-team format since it was expanded from 32 teams starting with the 2026 FIFA World Cup. [6] On 30 November 2024, FIFA released its evaluation report of Saudi Arabia's bid. According to the report, Saudi Arabia was awarded an average score of 4.2 out 5, the highest in ...
The 2030 World Cup will take place across six countries on three continents, while Saudi Arabia will host the men's soccer competition in 2034, FIFA announced Wednesday. Both decisions were ...