“Saudi Arabia’s bid was approved without a vote at a meeting of FIFA’s 211 national member associations, with no other bids”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Saudi Arabia’s bid was approved without a vote at a meeting of FIFA’s 211 national member associations, with no other bids.
“This is a day of pride, a day of celebration, a day when we invite the whole world to Saudi Arabia. We intend to host an extraordinary football World Cup in our kingdom,” said Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Sports Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal al Saud.
FIFA applied its principle of rotating the World Cup between continents, which meant that only bids from Asia and Oceania were accepted for 2034.
The organization of the tournament in 2030 will involve three continental confederations in Europe, Africa and South America (three matches will be hosted by this continent), and the nearest World Cup in 2026 (it will be the first with the participation of 48 teams) will be held in all of North America (in Canada , USA and Mexico).