What do you guys think of the 2030 World Cup being hosted in 6 countries, 3 continents and 2 hemisphere?

[KostasKouvalis]

The 2030 World Cup has been awarded to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina.

Let me break it down piece by piece, for people who may not be familiar with the system.

So, 2030 was supposed to be the 100th anniversary of the first ever World Cup, which was held in Uruguay in 2030. In honor of the occasion, Uruguay submitted a joint bid with Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. However, Europe was arguing that it's THEIR turn to host again. And Morocco has been wanting to get in on the action for a while, and with their success in the last World Cup, their bid finally started being taken seriously.

Anyways, FIFA decided this would be a good compromise for everyone. Basically, they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Now, what does this mean?

South America is only scheduled to host the opening matches. This means that after their first match, teams will need to fly across the Atlantic to play their remaining matches.

Additionally, the rules of FIFA state that the same confederation must have a 2 tournament gap before being eligable to host again. This means that the only confederations eligible to host the tournament in 2034 are Asia and Oceania, which opens the door for a potential joint Australia & New Zealand bid. This also means however that in 2038, the tournament can only be held in North America, which means we'll most likely see the U. S., Canada or Mexico hosting again, which are the only three nations in CONCACAF that meet the necessary criteria to host.

In short, it's a huge mess!

Brilliant

Retarded

[DryGermanGuy]

What a stupid idea. It's perfectly alright to organize a World Cup or European Cup between neighbors, for example Spain and Portugal or Germany, Austria and Switzerland. That's close for travelers and in the same time zone. But to spread it over different continents, even? Why?

[KostasKouvalis]

I explained exactly why in my post. Portugal, Spain and Morocco are reasonable, because although on different continents, Morocco is still right next door. Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay was also reasonable, because they're also next to each other. But to do BOTH was completely moronic, as the World Cup will practically be messed up for the next 15 years. Although a joint Australia and NZ cup wouldn't be bad.

[purplepoppy]

Given it's an anniversary and footballs probably more important to south Americans than Europeans I think they should have just let them have it as a good will gesture

[KostasKouvalis]

And hosted the one after, yes, I agree

[Siri137]

Meh. Couldn't care less about "soccer", as the Yanks call it, LOL :D

[LemiaOfThunder]

It make sense because they expanding the format and having mutli hosts

[whereismyjohnny]

It’s absolutely stupid.

[Julie4]

Ridiculous

[KostasKouvalis]

Why do you think so?
Are you a football, fan?

[Julie4]

Because tradition dictates that there is only one host country.

And yeah im fan

[KostasKouvalis]

I don't necessarily think it needs to be one country, I prefer when it is, but if they're gonna do a joint bit they should do it in neighboring countries, not half way around the world, and they should also divide up the host cities equally. Like the next one, I think it's stupid that they only gave Mexico and Canada two cities

[KostasKouvalis]

If I'm honest, I think it's stupid Mexico and Canada are even in there to begin with. I can understand doing joint bids between small countries, but not massive countries like the US, Mexico and Canada. The World Cup is going to shit

[Julie4]

In my opinion, you have to choose a country and organize it in that country, as has always been the case. Footballers are used to travelling regularly.

[KostasKouvalis]

Yeah, and if a country doesn't meet the criteria, then tough luck. This time they basically just have it to every country that bid, except Chile, so they wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings. I think maybe they're trying to make up for the Qatar scandal.
It's stupid though because they didn't give Russia any matches in the Asian section, because they said it was "too far", but they go an do THIS

[KostasKouvalis]

FIFA management has become a joke

[strateguy632]

2th.,