It seems that the FIFA World Cup will no longer be hosted by a single nation after this winter, as several bids from different continents will include two or more countries trying to put together the competition.
Such is the case of a South American bid, which will try to earn the right to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with the efforts of four CONMEBOL-based countries. The bid will be launched by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile, who hope to bring the World Cup back to South America after Brazil hosted the competition in 2014.
Three of these countries have previously hosted a World Cup edition, but the main reason to include Uruguay would be that bit of nostalgia everyone in the world loves, as the South American country was the first to host a FIFA World Cup back in 1930. Being the tournament's 100th anniversary, it would be quite proper to see Los Charrúas hosting the tournament.
According to CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez, the fact that Uruguay still uses the legendary Estadio Centenario would add one more interesting element to the bid.
"Centenario is a luxury in World Cup story and it is a big thing in football history. We think we are going to do the whole World Cup in South America," Domínguez told reporters back in April, when a joint bid between Argentina and Uruguay was in the works.
Since then, Chile and Paraguay have joined efforts to ensure the competition returns to the place where everything started back in 1930. This would be the second time for Chile hosting a World Cup after their experience in 1962, while Paraguay would be the only debutant host nation in this bid.
CONMEBOL's bid will even count with a portion of UEFA's support, as football's governing bodies in South American and Europe have joined forces previously to help their common interests, which was the case when FIFA tried to have the World Cup every two years. In fact, CONMEBOL and UEFA have opened an office in London to start creating hype around the four-nation bid.
Joint bids to host tournaments such as the World Cup will be the trend in coming years. In fact, Portugal and Spain are expected to present a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, while a joint bid by African countries is also expected to reach FIFA's front office.
