The World Cup returns to where it all began, and for the 2030 World Cup, a special edition to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the tournament will have Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay as hosts, joining Spain, Portugal and Morocco as co-hosts. ## CONMEBOL OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The president of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Domínguez, confirmed through a post on his social media that both Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will be part of the World Cup hosts, so the next tournament will have six different countries from three continents as hosts. The next one is played at home! In 2030, the World Cup of Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay is coming, A great opportunity for football, to celebrate the Centenary of the World Cup with a competition with 64 teams ## WORLD CUP OF 64 TEAMS Additionally, the CONMEBOL leader also confirmed a rumor that had been circulating with force in the last weeks and is the expansion of participating teams in the next World Cup. Alejandro Domínguez assured that the next World Cup 2030 will be played with 64 teams and not 48 as the one that recently ended. This would be the second consecutive edition in which the World Cup significantly increases its number of participants. In Qatar 2022 , the World Cup was played with 32 teams, for 2026 it increased 16 places and rose to 48 and finally in 2030 it will include 16 more combined teams to reach 64 teams; double what was four years ago. The idea of 64 teams was something that Gianni Infantino, president of the FIFA, had already put on the table, however, mentioned that this will be analyzed once the 2023 World Cup is over, but it seems that the decision was already made and the CONMEBOL leader got ahead of the news. ## HOW THE GAMES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED? Today, it is unknown how the six hosts will distribute the games for the 2030 World Cup. Strong rumors indicate that Uruguay would have the inaugural match in El Centenario and that both Argentina and Paraguay would play all the Group Stage at home and the rest of the competition would be played in most part in Spain, then Portugal and finally Morocco, but this is still speculation. At this moment, the Uruguayan team is in a good form, with a streak of 0 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in their last 5 games (LDDDD, most recent first).