FIFA World Cup hosting requirements
The evaluation model described in FIFA's reports for those bids covered infrastructure, services, commercial aspects, event vision, sustainability and human rights, giving the assessment a scope extending beyond stadium infrastructure. In FIFA's evaluation of bids for the 2030 and 2034 men's World Cups, minimum hosting requirements were standards against which bids were assessed under bidding regulations and an applicable scoring system.
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FIFA described the bidding processes for the 2030 and 2034 men's World Cups as following the methodology used to select hosts for the 2026 men's World Cup and the 2023 and 2027 Women's World Cups.
VerifiedGoal, reporting findings attributed to The Guardian, said the original bidding protocol for the 2030 and 2034 tournaments required at least 14 proposed stadiums, including seven existing stadiums. It reported that the existing-stadium threshold for the 2034 bid was reduced to four and could include stadiums under construction. This account concerns bidding requirements, not approval of a later revised venue plan.
VerifiedIn comments quoted by Goal, a FIFA spokesperson said the bidding regulations required adapting the 2030 requirements where appropriate for 2034. The spokesperson explained the four-existing-stadium requirement by citing the longer lead time before the tournament and a desire to avoid outdated infrastructure and allow the best possible quality. These are FIFA's stated reasons for the bidding rule, not evidence of why the fund proposed reducing its stadium plans.
VerifiedFIFA listed the Saudi Arabian Football Federation's single bid for the 2034 men's World Cup among the bids deemed to exceed minimum hosting requirements under the evaluation reports, bidding regulations and scoring system. That finding concerned the evaluated bid and does not establish approval of subsequent changes.
VerifiedFIFA's assessment of the 2030 and 2034 bids included inspection visits to the bidding countries before it published the bid evaluation reports.
VerifiedFIFA announced that the evaluation reports for the 2030 and 2034 bids would be submitted to an Extraordinary FIFA Congress scheduled for 11 December 2024 to determine the hosts. This passage documents the planned decision step, rather than its completed outcome.
Verified · 2024-12-11
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