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Fans celebrate as Saudi Arabia is announced as host of 2034 FIFA World Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 2034 men\u2019s football World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, while Spain, Portugal and Morocco will be joint hosts for the 2030 tournament, world governing body FIFA has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Three matches in the 2030 tournament will also be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to mark 100 years of the competition.<\/p>\n

The hosts for both World Cups were confirmed at Wednesday\u2019s Extraordinary FIFA Congress meeting following a vote.<\/p>\n

All 211 of FIFA\u2019s member nations were represented at the meeting over a video link.<\/p>\n

The hosts for both tournaments, and of the 2030 centenary celebrations, were confirmed via two separate votes.<\/p>\n

The first selected Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina as the centenary hosts.<\/p>\n

The second confirmed the three hosts for 2030, as well as Saudi Arabia being awarded the 2034 tournament.<\/p>\n

Nations gave their votes by \u2018acclamation\u2019 \u2013 clapping in front of their cameras via their video links.<\/p>\n

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