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Where is the 2030 World Cup?

Where is the 2030 World Cup?

FIFA World Cup Sports Betting Picks 2026 DraftKings Sportsbook Insights

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By: Griffin Wong

38 days after it began, the 2026 World Cup has come to an end. After 104 matches across 16 cities, Spain has lifted the trophy, winning its second World Cup in 16 years after also triumphing in South Africa in 2010. There were 308 total goals, the most of any World Cup.

Now, attention already turns ahead to the 2030 World Cup. The expanded 48-team format will either return or be replaced by a 64-team version, and it will become the first ever tournament held across six countries and three continents. Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay will host honorary centenary matches to open their respective groups, while the bulk of the remaining matches will take place in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.

Uruguay hosted the first tournament in 1930. Argentina previously hosted in 1978 and Spain in 1982, while Portugal and Morocco have never hosted before. When matches are held in Morocco, it’ll become the second World Cup ever held on the African continent. There will likely be 23 host venues, with 11 in Spain, six in Morocco, three in Portugal, and one each in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. La Roja are +500 favorites to go back-to-back at DraftKings Sportsbook.

Because FIFA’s regulations stipulate that no confederation that has hosted within the last two iterations of the tournament can host, the 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia.

Griffin Wong
Griffin Wong has been a content writer at DK Network since November 2024. Prior to that, he was the former sports editor for the Harvard Crimson, where he covered the football team for two years and earned four Story of the Year nominations from the Associated College Press. A lifelong Lakers and Dodgers fan, Griffin’s favorite athlete of all time is Kobe Bryant. When he’s not writing, Griffin is usually skiing, running, golfing, or playing basketball — badly.
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