FIFA and Conmebol made official the first date of the group stage of the 2030 World Cup that will take place in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, after signing the agreement in a meeting held at the 78th Ordinary Congress of Conmebol.
The FIFA and the Conmebol They made official the first date of the group stage of the World Cup 2030 which will take place in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, after signing the agreement in a meeting held at the 78th Ordinary Congress of Conmebol.
Present at this meeting were the president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantinothe boss of ConmebolAlejandro Domínguez, and the heads of state of Paraguay and Uruguay, Santiago Pena and Luis Lacalle Pourespectively.
On the other hand, the Argentine president did not attend the meeting. Javier Mileiwho was strongly linked to supporting the Sports Joint Stock Companies and collided with the AFA on several occasions. However he was appointed in his place to Ernesto GaspariSecretary of Coordination and Foreign Planning.
“The first match of this World Cup will be held in the stadium where the first final was played and held: in the Centenario stadium in Montevideo, a historic place”he assured Infantino during the ceremony.
And he continued: “What we have to do from now on, from this congress or this document that we all signed, is to think about events to celebrate the 100 years of the World Cup. South America has a particular place in me, in my heart. I think it is connected with this passion of football.
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Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay They will share the organization of the World Cup event with three other countries: Spain, Portugal and Moroccoin which the competition will take place from the second date until the grand final that will take place in August, a month later than the last editions except Qatar 2022 which was in December.
The three South American countries were chosen as the venue for the inaugural duels of the competition, as a celebration of the centenary of the world Cup which was carried out in Uruguay in 1930 and had the host and Argentina as protagonists in a duel that ended 4 to 2 in favor of the locals.
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