World Cup: Who will host the next tournaments?

The 2026 World Cup is now underway across the United States, Canada and Mexico, running between 11 June and 19 July as the first-ever World Cup to feature 48 teams and 108 matches. Beyond the current tournament, FIFA has also confirmed the hosts for the editions to follow during its Extraordinary Congress, held in December 2024.

At that meeting, FIFA president Gianni Infantino formally announced that the 2030 World Cup will be staged across cities in Spain, Morocco and Portugal, following the three-nation model, after the opening games are held in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay to celebrate the centenary of the first ever World Cup staged in 1930. The host countries have nominated 20 stadiums spread across 18 cities to host 101 matches.

Where will the 2030 World Cup be held?

Three grounds are being considered to host the opening fixture and final of the 2030 World Cup. They are the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, the Camp Nou in Barcelona, and the Grand Stade Hassan II in Casablanca.

The Moroccan venue is still under construction and is set to become the largest arena at the tournament, with a capacity of 115,000. According to the international press, the ground is expected to stage the final of the competition. A final decision on the venue for the showpiece match is yet to be made by FIFA.

Beyond that mega-structure, the Adrar Stadium, Fes Stadium, Marrakech Stadium, Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium and Ibn Battuta Stadium are also scheduled to host matches.

Spain, meanwhile, has already officially confirmed the 11 stadiums that will host games at the tournament. They are: Anoeta (Real Sociedad); Camp Nou (Barcelona); Gran Canaria (Las Palmas); La Cartuja (Seville); La Rosaleda (Malaga); Metropolitano (Atletico Madrid); Nuevo Romareda (Zaragoza); RCDE Stadium (Espanyol); Riazor (Deportivo La Coruna); San Mames (Bilbao); and Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid).

Portugal, which is set to host World Cup matches for the first time, has selected the Estadio da Luz, Estadio do Dragao and Estadio Jose Alvalade as the venues for fixtures on Portuguese soil.

Also at the 2030 tournament, three matches will be played in South American countries to mark the centenary of the first edition of the competition. The fixtures will take place a week before the World Cup proper begins.

The countries chosen to stage these matches are Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The latter, in fact, hosted the inaugural edition of the World Cup back in 1930, when the Uruguayans themselves were crowned champions.

The commemorative match will be held at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo on 8 June, alongside fixtures at Paraguay's national stadium and the Estadio Monumental in Argentina. After those three opening fixtures, the tournament will move across to Europe and Africa for the remainder of the group stage and knockout rounds. The tournament's closing ceremony, meanwhile, will take place on 21 July.

Where will the 2034 World Cup be held?

Real Madrid Stadium Upgrade | Full interior shot of new Santiago Bernabeu with retractable roof and pitch — The new interior of Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu.

One of FIFA's leading partners, Saudi Arabia, will host the 2034 World Cup. It will be the second time in 12 years that the tournament has been staged in the Middle East, following the 2022 edition in Qatar.

The competition will feature 48 nations across 104 matches. A start date for this edition has yet to be set, with the high temperatures across the region during June and July likely to push the tournament back to November and December, as was the case when the Qatar tournament was staged mid-season over the winter.

The edition is set to include matches in the linear city of Neom, on the shores of the Red Sea. A 46,000-capacity stadium is being built there and is due to be completed in 2032, in time to host group-stage, last-16 and quarter-final fixtures.

For the tournament, the Saudis have made 15 stadiums available -11 of them built from scratch alongside another four undergoing redevelopment. Among them is the King Salman International Stadium in the capital Riyadh, with a capacity of 92,270. Organisers intend for the venue to stage both the opening match and the final of the tournament.

In total, there will be five main host cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Abha and Neom.