What madness will FIFA reserve us for its 2038 and 2042 World Cups? If you have not followed everything well, after the “World Cup 26” next year in Canada, the United States and Mexico (the three countries that form North America), the 2030 World Cup will take place in six countries, namely Morocco, Portugal and Spain mainly, but also Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay for the three opening matches competition.
The 2034 World Cup has been awarded to Saudi Arabia (the Middle East will host the competition a second time, 12 years after Qatar) and the 2038 World Cup will be able to take place in Asia, in Europe, in Africa and in South America. According to the alternation rule enacted by FIFA, the Confederation of North America, Central America and Caribbean will be able to accommodate competition again, just like Oceania.
In an article of The Athletic On the route of Auckland City at the Club World Cup and on the development of football in New Zealand, the president of the country's federation, Andrew Pragnell, candidates for the organization of the 2038 World Cup.
NZ with the help of the United States for 2038?
New Zealand welcomed Australia the Women's World Cup in 2023, in four stadiums, the Eden Park of Auckland (43,217 places), the Wellington Regional Stadium (33,132 places) and the stadiums of Dudenin (25,947 places) and Hamilton (18,009 places), but cannot associate with its big Oceanian neighbor since The Asian Confederation and it is therefore this Confederation that welcomes the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
The president of the New Zealand Football believes that the country of the Lord of the Rings does not have enough infrastructure to welcome a tournament at 48 teams. He therefore wants to co-organize the World Cup with countries of Asia-Pacific space, he thus thinks of Fiji, including the stadium of national rugby and football selections, the HFC Bank Stadium, displays a capacity of 15,446 places. But the idea is also to join in the United States to play the World Cup in Hawaii, the island state of the US considered, geographically, in Oceania.
“Everyone has different desires. The idea could be to be interested in this ocean, the Pacific, and to organize the event on both sides. The Paris Olympic Games hosted surfing in Tahiti, right? People have different desires. They are looking for a different experience and the idea of organizing this event on both sides of the ocean is attractive “Concludes Andrew Pragnell in The Athletic.
