Where it all began, everything must return. The main leaders of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and the South American Football Confederation will meet on Tuesday at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, a World Football Historical Monument and the main venue for the first World Cup in 1930, to officially launch the candidacy of the four countries for the 2030 World Cup.
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In Montevideo, the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Dominguez, will be present, together with the presidents of the Uruguayan Federations, Ignacio Alonso; from Argentina, Claudio Tapia; from Chile, Arturo Salah; and from Paraguay, Robert Harrison.
The four Secretaries or Ministers of Sport of the respective countries will also be present. The host, Sebastián Bauzá, from Uruguay, who was also president of the Uruguayan Federation between 2009 and 2014. In addition, Matias Lammens, from Argentina; Diego Galeano Harrison, from Paraguay and Alexandra Benado Bergara, from Chile.
World Centenary 2030
The central objective of Tuesday’s meeting at the Centenario Stadium is to sign a consortium between the four countries, which will be called “TOGETHER 2030”
The intention is to create a State Policy in the four countries, with an organization that bypasses the political fluctuations of any of the four countries, in a region where political swerves are the order of the day, fundamentally in the largest of the four, Argentina.
The JUNTOS 2030 corporation must work to present the joint candidacy in the first half of 2023 and then continue towards 2024, when FIFA will define the venue for 2030.
The central message will be to use history as a catapult to launch into the future. “For us, it has to be called the 2030 Centennial World Cup,” said the Secretary of Sports of Uruguay, Sebastián Bauzá. “ What we have to reinforce is the idea of the Centennial World Cup. The celebration of the 100 years of the first World Cup will be held here. Back to the legend, back to the roots,” he added.
Key company in 2026
Another key situation that will occur on Tuesday will be the formal contact with the company that was key to the election of the candidacy of the United States, Mexico and Canada for 2026.
The contact with this company was already made months ago, on the occasion of other meetings of the Secretaries and Ministers of Sports, but now will be the time to specify everything that must be done to present the joint candidacy and achieve their election.
At the moment, the 2030 World Cup has two possible destinations. These four South American countries, or the Iberian candidacy Spain-Portugal.
In this southern corner of the world, the dream is to return to the roots. Today, July 30, which marks the 92nd anniversary of the first World Cup final (Uruguay 4- Argentina 2), is a good time to get excited.
