World Cup 2030: “The dream of the opening match in our home is getting closer,” announced the AUF

Uruguay’s candidacy to host the opening match of the 2030 World Cup exceeded the organizational requirements, FIFA announced in an official statement.

Once the report was published, the Uruguayan Football Association published the news on its social media accounts, announcing that “the dream of the opening match in our home is getting closer.”

The report presented by FIFA reported that the possibility of Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay being able to host a World Cup match is still latent, as well as the candidacy for the World Cup to be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. .

“Once the bids have been thoroughly evaluated and the inspection visits to the corresponding countries have been carried out, FIFA has published the bid evaluation reports for the 2030 and 2034 editions of the FIFA World Cup™. The reports set out the model of exhaustive evaluation that FIFA has launched and incorporate a great diversity of criteria, from infrastructure, services and commercial aspects, to vision, sustainability and human rights,” the letter states.

Specifically regarding the intention that they can organize the 2030 World Cup, FIFA gave consent to the candidacies that include the three South American countries.

“With regard to the 2030 FIFA World Cup™, according to the results of the technical evaluation, the candidature of Spain, Morocco and Portugal has obtained an average score of 4.2 out of 5. With regard to the centenary celebration According to the results of the technical evaluation, the candidacy of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay has obtained an average score of 3.6 out of 5. Separately, the countries have also met the minimum requirements to organize each centenary celebration match based on. Based on these results, as well as the full evaluation of the candidatures (explained in detail in sections 5 and 6 of this report), the FIFA administration has determined that the candidatures meet the requirements for consideration by the FIFA Council and Congress. FIFA, as they have passed the minimum organizational requirements in the technical evaluation of the 2030 FIFA World Cup™ and the centenary celebration respectively. Therefore, the FIFA Council may wish to forward the candidatures to the Congress. of FIFA so that this elect by vote the host associations for the 2030 FIFA World Cup™ and the centenary celebration,” the report concluded.