FIFA boss Infantino: 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia

 

Infantino comments on the upcoming World Cups 2026, 2030 and 2034

 

Because Saudi Arabia is unrivaled in its bid to host the 2034 World Cup, there is virtually nothing standing in the way of the project. FIFA President Gianni Infantino sees the desert state as hosting the World Cup in eleven years.

 

 

 

 No competition for Saudi Arabia

 

The deadline for an expression of interest with the world association FIFA expires this Tuesday - and there is no longer a competitor for Saudi Arabia in the race for the 2034 World Cup. After Indonesia, Australia is now clearing the way for Saudi Arabia by not applying for the World Cup in eleven years. "We have examined the possibility of applying to host the FIFA World Cup and, after considering all factors, have come to the conclusion that we will not do so for the 2034 competition," the Australian Football Association (FA) said on Tuesday the  Süddeutsche Zeitung  .

 

 FIFA President Infantino raves about the future World Cups 

 

Explosive: It is not yet officially certain that the 2034 World Cup will actually take place in Saudi Arabia, but it is practically impossible to take it away from the desert state. In a post published on his Instagram account on Tuesday evening , Gianni Infantino writes that the 2034 World Cup will go to Saudi Arabia. Because the 2026 World Cup will take place in the USA, Mexico and Canada and the 2030 World Cup in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and then in Saudi Arabia in 2034, the FIFA boss sums up: "Three editions, five continents and Ten countries taking part in the tournament – ​​that makes football truly global!"

Infantino continued: "Football unites the world like no other sport, and the FIFA World Cup is the perfect showcase for a message of unity and inclusion, providing an important example of how different cultures can be together and learn and better understand each other ."

 

He concluded: "As we live in an increasingly divided and aggressive world, we show once again that football, the world's leading sport, unites like nothing else. We all need these occasions of unity, and the upcoming FIFA World Cups offer a unique force for good in this regard."