Twenty stadiums across two continents, seventeen host cities, and a tournament that opens in South America before it reaches Europe and Africa. We track what is confirmed, what is still moving, and what it actually costs to be there.
The 2030 World Cup is the first spread across six nations and three continents. Spain, Portugal and Morocco stage the tournament proper. Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay each host a single centenary opening match, marking one hundred years since the first World Cup in Montevideo in 1930. Pick a host country below and work down to cities, stadiums and the practical detail of getting there.
The largest share of the tournament, from the Bernabeu and a rebuilt Camp Nou to new-build projects in Zaragoza and Las Palmas that are still finding their footing.
The steadiest corner of the tournament. Three grounds built for Euro 2004, all already at international standard, and none of them on FIFA's list of venues at risk.
A first World Cup after five failed bids, and the most ambitious building programme of the three. The 115,000-seat Hassan II Stadium is the largest venue proposed anywhere.
Each stadium guide covers capacity and renovation status, architecture, the ground's own history, how to reach it on matchday, and where to stay nearby. Figures come from primary sources with the date we checked them, because almost every number attached to this tournament is still moving.
Not every proposed venue will make the final cut. FIFA is weighing a reduction from twenty stadiums to as few as seventeen, and we keep a running record of which grounds are confirmed, which are being built, and which are under threat on our venue status tracker.
A World Cup trip is mostly not spent inside a stadium. City guides cover neighbourhoods worth basing yourself in, airport transfers, local transport, what a day costs, and the weather you should plan around in June and July.
Almost everything published about this tournament will change before it kicks off. Capacities shift as renovations are approved or shelved, host cities have already withdrawn, and FIFA has not yet named the venue for the final. Rather than freeze one set of numbers and let them rot, we maintain a dated status record for every proposed stadium and log every correction in public.
The venue for the final has not been announced. The total number of host stadiums is not final. Ticket sale phases and prices have not been published by FIFA. Anything you read elsewhere presenting these as settled is guessing.
Open the venue status tracker for the full table, with the source and check date behind every figure.
Total Dribble is an independent fan guide with no connection to FIFA, to any federation, or to any club. We are writing about an event four years out, which means the honest thing to do is show our working rather than project false certainty.
Every capacity, cost and date traces back to a club statement, federation announcement, architect's own project page or contemporaneous news report, not to another travel blog.
Figures carry the date we last verified them. A number without a date is a number you cannot evaluate, especially for a tournament still four years away.
Where sources genuinely disagree, we say so and show the range instead of quietly picking whichever figure reads best.
When we get something wrong or the facts move, the change is logged openly rather than edited away in silence.
Spain, Portugal and Morocco host the tournament itself. Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay each stage one opening match to mark the competition's centenary. FIFA confirmed the arrangement by acclamation at an Extraordinary Congress on 11 December 2024.
Twenty-three venues were included in the approved hosting plans: eleven in Spain, six in Morocco, three in Portugal and three in South America. FIFA is reported to be considering a reduction of the European and African total from twenty to as few as seventeen. Nothing is final.
Undecided. The Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, a rebuilt Camp Nou in Barcelona and the new Hassan II Stadium near Casablanca are the venues most often named. A decision is expected around the end of 2026.
FIFA has not published a sales calendar or any prices. Based on previous tournaments, expect a first ballot phase roughly eighteen to twenty-four months before kick-off. Treat any site quoting 2030 ticket prices today as speculation.
Yes. Malaga withdrew in July 2025 over difficulties with the planned redevelopment of Estadio La Rosaleda. Residents in San Sebastian separately wrote to FIFA in April 2025 asking that the city be removed as a host, citing overtourism.
It depends on your nationality. Spain and Portugal sit inside the Schengen Area and share entry rules; Morocco is separate and has its own visa regime. Each country guide covers current requirements, but check official government sources before booking.
Venue decisions, ticket phases and the draw all land between now and 2030. We send an update when something actually changes, and nothing in between.
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