Southern Latin American countries to submit bid to host 2030 World Cup

MOSCOW, Jul 28 Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile will file a joint official bid to host the World Cup in 2030, the Football Association of Uruguay reports on Twitter. Earlier it became known that the presidents of the four countries decided to submit a joint bid to organize the World Cup in 2030, timed to coincide with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup, which was held in Uruguay in 1930. It is reported that the ceremony of formalizing the application will take place on August 2 at the Centenario Stadium in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo. The first World Cup among national teams, independently organized by the International Football Federation, was held in Montevideo in July 1930. Then, a stadium for 90,000 spectators was built to host the event. The next world championship will be held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022.