World Cup 2030: Alberto Fernández has proposed adding Bolivia as the seat of the South American bid

President Alberto Fernández proposed this Tuesday that Bolivian join the application to organize the 2030 soccer world cupthey already share Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile.

“Our #Argentina national team brought the World Cup to our continent and it would be a great joy if, 100 years later, the World Cup returned to where it all began: #South America. This candidacy comes from the entire continent. For this reason, I would like to e I will propose that our sister country #Bolivia be part of this dream,” he wrote on his Twitter account.

The president made this publication to coincide with the celebration, this Tuesday, at the headquarters of the Argentine Football Federation (AFA), in Ezeiza, of the assembly of the Together 2030 Corporationdedicated to the promotion and development of the South American candidacy.

The president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), Alejandro Domínguez, leads this meeting of the body presented last November in Chile, now under the impetus of the world title conquered by Argentina in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Although, apparently, the inclusion of Bolivia in the candidacy was not on the tablein recent statements made in Argentina, the former president of that country Evo Morales He said he got Fernández’s support to be considered.

The former Bolivian president (2006-2019) asked at that time for the support of his country’s current president, Luis Arceto undertake the necessary investments to make this footballing dream come true.

So far only 5 of the 22 World Cups played have been held in South America: Uruguay 1930, Brazil 1950, Chile 1962, Argentina 1978 and Brazil 2014.

Of those 22 appointments, on ten occasions the victory has been for a team from the region: Uruguay (1930 and 1950), Argentina (1978, 1986 and 2022) and Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002).

On August 2, 2022, at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, the scene of the first World Cup final, Domínguez presented together with the sports publications of the four countries the so-called “World Centenary”in homage to the 1930 quote.

It was later launched in November Santiago de Chile THE Together 2030 Corporationa “non-profit private law” body, as it was established at the time.

In this act it was established that the Argentine assembly, which had to be convened within 90 days, would establish “a permanent board of directors”.

For the time being, the South American bid competes with that of Spain and Portugalrecently invited countries Ukraine join a project supported by UEFA.

Moreover, Greece, Egypt and Saudi Arabia They have shown their interest in organizing the World Cup, even if the candidacy has not been formalised.

FIFA to announce its decision on the venue of the 2030 World Cup at the 2024 Congress.