Saudi Arabia affirms alliances to organize the 2030 World Cup

The 2030 World Cup has many applicants, one of them is the union of conmebol with Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile; for his part Uefa he ran for Spain, Portugal and Ukraine; Morocco in solitude it is presented as the option of Africa; And finally, what would be a rarity if three nations from three different continents were to host the World Cup: Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Greece.

lefteris avgenakisGreek Sports Minister, assured in D.W., the negotiations between the three countries. Although it only has a stadium with 40,000 spectators and will have to face large works in different stadiums. Greek media say that Saudi Arabia offered to pay for the construction.

“Egypt is capable of hosting such a big tournament, be it in terms of infrastructure, stadiums or transportation“, given Ahmed Abbas a DW. The soccer player adviser has close contacts with the Egyptian soccer association, which has declined to comment on possible World Cup plans. Abbas stresses that Egypt has a lot of experience in hosting such sporting events. In 2006 and 2019, the country on the banks of the Nile hosted the Africa Cup.

Egypt is carrying out a sports architectural mega-project to try to host the 2036 Olympic Games. Although it does specify that it is one of the venues for the World Cup, it has a secondary role, since the main one would be for the Arabs.

FIFA will provide detailed information on the bidding process. In 2024, the final election will take place at the Congress of the world entity, in Osaka, Japan..

World Cups together

So far the only World Cup event as a whole was Korea – Japan in 2002 and from then on it was thought that it would be the only time. But the great change that will take place from the Mworld United States, Mexico, Canada 48 countries will qualify and not like in Qatar where there were 32 participants.

FIFA has in mind not to repeat the host continent (the last time was Switzerland 1954 and Sweden 1958) then America and the old contain organized a World Cup, until it reached Asia and Africa. That is why it will be difficult for the South American union to be elected. On the other hand, the Arabs trust that after 8 years they will organize the most important competition at the selection level.