After yesterday’s announcement of FIFA about him World Cup 2030 football, there are some doubts about this new format that will be held in three continents and six countries. There is still more than a year before FIFA officially announces the venue for the 2030 World Cup. Something that will happen in December 2024. That means there are 15 months left for it to be ratified by the FIFA Congress.
The World Cups centenary commemorative matches that will take place in these three South American countries will be the first to see their teams play in the group stage. They will play at home, in their countries, against the team with the lowest FIFA ranking in their respective groups. The points earned will be valid for the group stage of the World Cup. However, none of them will be considered the “opening match of the 2030 World Cup”, which will be in one of the three organizing countries of the same.. That means the opening match will be in Spain, Portugal or Morocco with a ceremony worthy of a World Championship.
It is true that it is a novelty in the world of football that the opening match is held after the matches. But this is something normal to
Olympic Games, where many disciplines begin competition before the opening ceremony.
From now on, the joint candidacy between Spain, Portugal and Morocco will continue with technical meetings and preparation of the best candidacy dossier. It will be presented to FIFA around July 2024. The work will be carried out as if there are more rivals in the process, and with the same deadlines, with the aim that, before the final decision in December 2024, everything will be fully organized and ready
Source: La Verdad
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