Draft:2038 FIFA World Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | TBD |
| Dates | TBD |
| Teams | TBD (from 6 confederations) |
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The 2038 FIFA World Cup is an upcoming tournament, and will be the 26th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
According to rotational rules designated by FIFA, Saudi Arabia's selection as host.[1] - and Spain, Morocco, Portugal and South American countries including Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay's selection as hosts and ceremonial match hosts for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, means only countries from North America (CONCACAF) and Oceania (OFC) may bid.
Host selection
[edit]Bidding for the 2038 FIFA World Cup likely won't open until at the latest 8 years prior to the start of the tournament, or 12 at the earliest - taken from the number of years prior to hosting it, after selection for both the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - in 2010[2]
This would mean a host will not be selected until 2031, or 2032, at the latest.
The bidding process for this World Cup has yet to start, and no information has been published about how the bidding process will work. However, if FIFA's confederation exclusion process is still used for 2038, it is likely only North America and/or Oceania will be allowed to host; South America, Europe and Africa would be ineligible to bid due to the agreement to host the 2030 World Cup in Morocco, Portugal and Spain with celebratory games in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, while Asia will host the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.[3]
It has been suggested by many Australians online that Australia could bypass the rotation rule in 2038 by co-hosting the World Cup with New Zealand similar to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and/or other OFC nations,[4] though this is unlikely unless the AFC were to split or Australia were to return to the OFC prior to bidding.[5]
However, with much of the OFC outside of New Zealand lacking the financial and logistical resources to host such a large tournament, New Zealand itself having very few FIFA approved stadiums, and much of CONCACAF having similar problems, some have suggested that the 2026 FIFA World Cup hosts (United States, Canada and Mexico) might host again either together or separately, possibly making Mexico the first country to host the tournament four times, and/or the United States the second country to host the World Cup three times.[6]
Indonesia is one of the potential hosts of the World Cup alongside Australia and New Zealand in 2038 as a representative of AFC countries to assist in hosting the FIFA World Cup in OFC for the first time in FIFA history. A similar situation almost happened for the event 2034 World Cup: however, at that time, Australia withdrew its bid to host the tournament. This decision came after FIFA announced that the 2034 World Cup would likely be held in the AFC or OFC region. Australia believed that Saudi Arabia had secured strong and significant support, leading them to decide to end their campaign, thus leaving Saudi Arabia as the sole bidder to host the 2034 World Cup.[7]
In May 2025, FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani supported the idea of England to make either a solo bid or another joint United Kingdom bid for the 2038 FIFA World Cup, stating that the current system of awarding bids favors those who spend money to gain votes instead of bidders with existing infrastructure as well as the successful bids for UEFA Euro 2028 and the 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8] That same month, reports surfaced that New Zealand was considering a joint bid with Fiji and the United States.[9]
Potential bids
- AFC
- AFC–OFC:
- OFC–CONCACAF:
- CONCACAF:
- UEFA:
References
[edit]- ^ fifa.com, FIFA. "Hosts appointed for FIFA World Cups 2030 and 2034". fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ FIFA, InsideFIFA. "Russia and Qatar awarded 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups". inside.fifa.com. InsideFIFA. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2030 Confirmationwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The loophole Australia could exploit to host the World Cup". 11 October 2023.
- ^ MacInnes, Paul (31 October 2023). "Saudi Arabia confirmed as sole bidder for 2034 men's World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Why FIFA's new World Cup strategy could help the U.S."
- ^ "Indonesian football is making good progress". FIFA. 8 April 2024.
- ^ Asunción, Martyn Ziegler, Chief Sports Reporter (14 May 2025). "It's time UK hosted men's World Cup again, says Fifa leader". www.thetimes.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Crafton, Adam (17 May 2025). "Club World Cup prices drop, Infantino irks Canada and Mexico, New Zealand-U.S. World Cup? – Inside FIFA's dramatic Congress" – via NYTimes.com.