Why The 2030 World Cup Is Already A Complete Mess 

Morocco, Spain and Portugal is a good choice. Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay would have been decent also. But having all six as hosts in the same World Cup is just bonkers.

Fifa World Cup 2034: the final match's first half will be played in Zimbabwe while the second half will be played in the outskirts of Southhampton

2038 FIFA World Cup hosts: North Korea, Kosovo, Palestine, Ohio, Madagascar

After the fall of Blatter you could think FIFA might improve, but Infantino has done impressive work making it worse. At least Blatter seemed to understand he was horrendously corrupt.

Decisions like these show how out of touch FIFA’s elite really are. To them it’s probably easy to fly between Argentina and Morocco on their private jets. But for ordinary citizens it’s not practical.

Playing 3 “centenary games” in South America so that FIFA can claim the region has “hosted” a World Cup and make the Middle East the only region left that is eligible’ for 2034 is just utterly farcical.

Why take "donations" from 1 country, when you could take "donations" from 6 - FIFA

Fifa are absolutely ruining Football and dare I say it Infantino is more corrupt than Blatter was.

I would like to see Australia host. They have good infrastructure and have actual pedigree in hosting major sporting events. But then again I leave it to their people to decide.

Alfie, dude, you're a man unhinged. Your sense of humour, razorsharp yet soothing. I can't wait to be watching your videos when you're a bitter 70 year old man. You're on such an entertaining, yet sobering, roll and I hope you never stop.

The circus continues... Every single FIFA/UEFA decision in the past 10-15 years has been worse than the previous one, they never fail to disappoint.

If they wanted to celebrate the centenary of the World Cup in Uruguay, then why not play the final in Uruguay and leave it at that!

I understand wanting to do something for the centenary, this wasn't the solution. The sad thing is, it feels like the 'real' reason they're doing this, is to lock Europe, South America and Africa out of hosting the 2034 World Cup with a large contingent FIFA members having backed Saudi Arabia to host in 2034. Sigh...

It is outrageous how FIFA prejudices us as South Americans giving 3 out of 104 matches to organize for the World Cup.

As a Uruguayan, I'm honestly more insulted that they KNEW that the right decision would be to have it in South America-because why else have the opening matches there-than I would be if they just didn't give us the tournament at all. Either have the final in the Centenario or don't host any matches there at all.

One country I would love to see host the World Cup in my life is the Netherlands. Excellent transport connections, beautiful cities which are all commutable within a 2 hour trip for fans(Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven etc), and a well serviced international airport. Hey, if they want to continue the joint host theme, they could do Belgium and the Netherlands. But... Fifa will just go with Saudi Arabia for 2034.

If someone told you in 2016, that Sepp Blatter was the good guy... At least Blatter tried to keep up the facade, that it is all about the beautiful game and that there is no corruption.

One thing that I didn't expect I would learn from this video: I want, perhaps even need, a Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan World Cup more than anything else in my life.

Something to note. CONMEBOL is trying to make a deal with FIFA to move the entire 3 groups to south america so they wouldn't have to have these trans-atlantic flights. Meaning they could possibly host 9 matches.

Its just pointless to support the WC at this point. Its just the legacy factor of the tournament that's still driving it. Yes, my first memories of ever watching football comes from World Cups, but it isn't going to be the same anymore from this point onwards.

FIFA Board: "So FIFA president, where should we host the 2030 world cup?" FIFA president: " Yes" 😂🤣

I originally was anticipating a World Cup back in Uruguay for the 100fh anniversary, but then I heard they would do Morocco, Spain, and Portugal. Seemed alright. Good footballing nations with shared history and near proximity. Then FIFA decide to say "fuck it" and threw in another 3 for whatever reason. I don't think it will be long before they turn the World Cup into the champions league with the exception of it being held over a full season ever four years. There probably won't even be a single host anymore, games will just be played wherever

This is 100% in good faith if the sport. I have zero doubt that FIFA has done this with no financial gain in sight. They’re the most honest organization next to the IDF!!

As a resident of Japan, I’m kind of surprised that Japan hasn’t made a bid given the number of quality players they have produced since the last time they hosted the World Cup.

Just wait until the Moon-Mars joint bid in 2050

Either South America or Iberia plus Morocco get world cup host not both. FIFA chose both cause the Saudi paid them to do so

Canada, the US, and Mexico makes sense as co-hosts, although the US could theoretically host a world cup exclusively in stadiums at or over 80k and could easily host a tournament in stadiums at or over 60k.

This climate issue feeds into the larger plan for FIFA to hold a world cup every two years. One in the winter and the other in the Summer months. It is clear to see and I wouldnt be surprised if this was the next move my our friends at FIFA

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay would have been special... too good to be true apparently. Australia and New Zealand would have been amazing as well...

Came for Alfie’s usual brilliance, stayed for the Alpaca fun fact.

I just want a World Cup in Australia and NZ 😭😭😭

FIFA’s message about hosting the World Cup is if you have the money to buy the hosting rights, then minimum stadium rules and regulations then go out of the window.

I never thought Infantino could make me miss Sepp fucking Blatter, but here we are

It would be great to have it in South America, but honestly: In Argentina there's famine. In Uruguay there's not infrastructure and there's a chronic and severe drought. Paraguay doesn't have infrastructure and there's insecurity. Chile has money and infrastructure but, Chileans would explode in rage against their goveenment if they take the Cup, because the cost of living is overwhelming.

loved the 'or in business terms' bits - fifa's actions make a lot more sense when you think about them as a business, not a 'governing body'

Literally the goofiest way to go about this problem. If they really want this nonsense it'd make more sense to have the semi-finals hosted in Paraguay and Chile, 3rd place playoff in Argentina, and then the final in Montevideo. One groupstage game each is nothing short of an insult to the South American nations (Chiles in an even deeper mud), while also causing way too many logistical issues.

I now believe before I die that a England, Fiji, and a Sri Lanka bid would be a winning bid to hold a Fifa World Cup final.

My question is, how the hell would tickets work? What if your country plays their opening match in Paraguay and then you’ve gotta fly to Madrid for the next game 😭

I'm Argentine- American and I'll be able to witness the biggest fútbol tournament in the world in three years time. I wanted the south American bid to win so my cousins in Argentina can be able to witness a World cup of their own. If the economic conditions in south America were only better. Hosting a single game and then having to fly to another country is just crazy.

Another possible future that FIFA have set up is that, if their preferred bidder doesn't get the 2034 WC and it goes to Australia and NZ, it would mean that ONLY CONCACAF could host the 2038 WC. That would either mean that one or a combination of the US, Canada or Mexico would host the WC twice in 12 years, or we get a Central American or Carribean WC (dependant on if there are stadiums in either area that meet FIFA's standards at the time). Even if the 2034 WC does go to Saudi, the 2038 bids would only be from CONCACAF or the OFC, so CONCACAF would likely get the 2038 WC either way. In relation to the WC, the 2030s have been completely screwed up - all for the sake of bowing to the almighty dirty dollar.

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Hey Alfie, thank you so much for your integrity and you speaking out regularly against the corruption in FIFA. Many “journalistic” sport outlets don’t give a shit.

This isn't just an issue in Football, but in all international sporting events, with the possible exception of Rugby, which everyone agrees should be hosted by England, Ireland, France, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia on a rotational basis. Cricket is dominated by India, England and Australia, with each governing body making it their objective to make as much money from international cricket as possible, to the detriment of expanding the game, or even maintaining relevance in South Africa, West Indies and other minor cricketing playing nations. There is no business sense to this. Expanding the game to new markets, will always deliver better long term results, than destroying the integrity of the game for instant cash.

When there are no consequences* for corruption, you get... corruption. Amazing. (* The consequences are a fat bank balance without the scrutiny of being a politician).

They could've done just the Final match in the Centenario Stadium in Uruguay.

"Today I feel, GREEDY."

My son introduced me to your channel. Absolutely brilliant. The dry wit, sarcasm, never fails to make me laugh. 👍🤣 Keep up the great content.

part of me was hyped about the number of countries being increased for a WC. spots are sparse for African teams and my homeland stands absolutely no chance, but now we could possibly fluke our way into a competition 😅 but, the other parts of me just knew the wheels were coming off at FIFA and things would get crazier after making that major change. didn't expect it to be this insane already.

How to destroy football's most important tournament... Tbh I don't even care anymore. Well, of course I'm looking forward to the EUROs next year in my country, but a World Cup in Qatar or Saudi-Arabia doesn't bother me at all.

Just one note... Initially, there was the idea of Portugal and Spain host the WC with Morocco, but they went on their own, and the Iberian plan got Ukraine instead.

😂You are soooo spot on! I love your videos and your sense of humor is the best😂😂😂 Keep it up 👍

I'd seen the reports about 2030 but had no idea about the Saudi Bid as an underlying reason, thanks for being as informative as usual. Also random, but I never thought I'd see Jamaica's national stadium on one of these videos :D 24:47...silly thing to be happy about but I'll take it. Had an "Aha! I've been there" moment when it popped up.

I adore Morocco, I was there this summer and it was 47 degrees, fine for chilling in a hotel but the thought of spending over two hours outside watching football, potentially with very little shade, let alone trying to play the game, fills me with dread. Should have been a winter world cup in Morocco

Qatar was so bad many people rightfully boycotted it. But this is several orders of magnitude worse. Splitting the world cup between 6 countries like this is ridiculous, and the reason for it is revolting. Saudi Arabia shouldn't be anywhere near hosting the World Cup, for the same reasons as Qatar, just that it's bigger, but somehow EVEN MORE morally questionable as a regime. At this point, teams and players need to agree to boycott the tourney and secede from FIFA and found their own thing. A reset is badly needed. It's not even only questionable from a footballing standpoint, but from a human one in general. Words cannot describe how appalled and furious I am that something like this is being allowed to happen. You'd think they'd learn from Qatar, but apparently the lesson they got is that they didn't go quite far enough in degrading the sport and turning it into the biggest imaginable cash cow and ego boost for the ones in power. Shameful. And pathetic. Spot on, Infantino is much worse than Blatter ever was. What an absolute clown. It'd be funny if it wasn't criminal.

Man, your voice and speech pattern are just great. I wished you had 5 different channels with 5 different topics.

This is a fantastic video!!!! Up there with your best.

Why aren't there any sort of protests going on against this illogical decision just to aid Saudi's bid to host the World Cup in 2034. The best possible outcome is to allow Latin America to host the 2030 edition, then in 2034 Spain, Portugal and Morocco gets to host it, and then accept bids for the 2038 one, which Saudi might win. Just giving one game each to Latin nations is extremely unethical and shows the anti inclusiveness neture of FIFA.

I don't expect Infantino to abandon his morally corrupt ways, but I would pay money to hear him earnestly and honestly answering the question, "Mr. Infantino, how stupid do you think we are?"

Don't worry England will still be managed by South gate even after not wining anything in 2034

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It's so ridiculous... IMO the 2030 HAD to be in Uruguay and Argentina, the 1930 host and winner and the finalist, and maybe Paraguay and Chile as additional closeby countries to spread the cost if need be. But hosting it in the 2 hemispheres at the same time, and in Morocco in summer is ridiculous... And hosting it in Saudi Arabia... Seriously Qatar was already terrible, now rhey're doing it again and we'll have 2 World Cups in two closeby spall football nations unfit to play football cause of the weather, borh countries still using slavery, in 12 years... FIFA is the worst... They take the most money possible no matter what the consequences. They're criminals

Hey Alfie Don’t forget about the video explaining why South Africa isn’t a powerhouse of African Football

Portugal should pull out of that complete shitshow. No opening game, no final, not even a semi. But a hefty bill for the taxpayer in the end. And as always there can only be one winner at the end: FIFA, of course!

Thank you for the content comrade

Spain portugal and morroco is a good choice, they are small countries you can travel from one venue to another, but adding another continent is crazy, nobody know how far their team wd make it, buying continental tickets ahead of time is not a good idea either if your team doesn't pass the first round

A North America world cup makes sense but a 3 continent World Cup??? It doesn’t even make sense, they should’ve just hosted it in Portugal and Spain

Great video mate, you don't disappoint.

Very informative as always. Can we please have a video about Maltese ⚽ Thank you

dont worry bro judging by this years winter in south america it might be 40 degrees celsius there too

You said Uruguay has only 3 stadiums to host the World Cup but 10 Cities of Uruguay wanted to build a new stadium in their capital, also Uruguay has like 7 stadiums that can be renewed with more capacity and get modernized to today standars like Campeon del Siglo Stadium (already meets FIFA Standarts), Centenario is going to get a remake, Campus de Maldonado next week is the finall of the Conmebol Sudamericana Cup, and we have the Paiva Olviera, Troccolli, and others.

2 AM in seattle watching HITC sevens. god bless

I was waiting throughout the video for the Alpaca mention to tie in nicely to the theme of the World Cup (while trying my hardest and failing to see how any of those is connected), by the end of the video I felt a sense of dispair and hopelessness that when I remembered the Alpaca mention was coming up I felt a sense of hope. To hear that fact in the end was confusingly made me feel better because it was a bit out of left field it caught me off guard. So yeah, that was my thought process throughout this depressing video. Thanks as always Alfie. 👍🏼

A joint Indonesia-Malaysia bid would be pretty cool, the stadium requirements could all be fulfilled easily with their current venues

A Scandinavian or Nordic World Cup; Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Finland/Iceland would be fun, but it'll never happen in my lifetime.

Look, it’s fine. Wales can host. My back garden has a capacity of 4 people. You can get a dog and some cats out there too. But you will need to move a few chairs around.

This reminds of when M.Bison hosted his World Street Fighting Tournament by having the primary fighter hosting the challenger in their native land.

Wait... Who the F will host it in 2038? Europe, South America, Asia and Africa are not allowed to host it. And i'm not sure the USA Mexico or Canada will want to host it again only 12 years later.

I always felt that the South American bid was like the "Athens 1996" bid for the Olympics. The only solid argument was the centenary, because i really doubt the 4 countries together could meet FIFA requeriments without going in a massive debt. (Athens got the Olympics for 2004, but that's another story)

Amazing video. Well done.

Just another brilliant piece from Archie. much more fun than watching Bhutan vs. Guadeloupe in WC 2034 in Rhiadiclous.

It is very crazy that doing this to the 2030 World Cup ensures that 2034 is in Saudi Arabia and 2038 is in the US again. From FIFA’s perspective, the plan couldn’t have gone any better

Please do a video on aboutrika although in exile the real Egyptian king

You have such good knowledge of the world it's crazy

These corruption exposing videos are some of the most important videos you make Alfie, please keep making them and best of luck for you!

Can you do a series/video where you go over a list of those clubs under the “what the hell is going on at…” umbrella and seeing where they are now? Some clubs may have bounced back and some may have gotten worse/folded?

This is got to be the most far-fetched and convoluted plan for a major sporting event in world history. Why does FIFA want S aud Arab¡a to host by themselves so badly? Does it really matter so much if six countries get automatic spots for being hosts? I mean they're increasing the number of participating countries to 48 or whatever so it's considerably less significant than if there were only 32 teams playing. And yes, I realize that is one of the least problems. Thank you for the video!

Hella underrated channel.

Brilliant Video. ❤❤❤❤

FIFA told the USSF that it would be better for them to co-host with their neighbors. It's completely ludicrous, but that is the reasoning that was given. However, it makes a bit more sense when you take into account that LA will NOT be hosting a WC game, meaning none of our 3 largest cities (NY, LA, and Chicago) will be hosting a game due to either the cities not wanting to play ball with FIFA or Kroenke not wanting to widen the field at SoFi for the WC. I'm not counting NY as hosting because MetLife is pretty far from NYC. Other bonkers stats about 2026 is that despite it being our 250th anniversary of independence, Philadelphia won't be hosting the final.

Who would have guessed fifa is utterly corrupt 🤔 This is madness 😠

The only good thing about this for me is that it’s most likely 2038 will comeback to my home country of the USA, us Americans will get to watch football at the biggest stage again!

The most glorious intro ever - bravo!

Spain and portugal have a combined total of 15 stadiums that are atleast 38k, (13 that are 40k). Honestly, if the stadium requirements were lowered to around 30k Spain alone would have a surplus of stadiums. The UK alone also has 13 stadiums (well, really just britain honestly Northern Ireland doesnt have a stadium that large),that are atleast 40k in capacity, (if you count Sunderlands 39k then 14)

Having a stadium actually fit for the 21st century here in Paraguay would be very welcomed, the Defensores del Chaco was built in 1917 and has been in dire need of renovations or a proper rebuild from the ground up, but the APF has shown no intention of doing so. That WC Stadium will be property of CONMEBOL though (their HQ are already based here), they'll most likely use it as a permanent host of the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana finals, while also being used for select Paraguay NT and League matches.

England 66, Mexico 86, France 98, Germany 2016, South Africa 2010 Then you have Portugal Spain Morocco Argentina Uruguay Paraguay 2030 Sounds pretty stupid to me

🇧🇬 🇧🇬 🇧🇬 Day 3 - Alfie, please do a video on the pitiful situation the Bulgarian national football team is currently in. Here are a couple of points to give you an idea about what I'm talking about: - Currently, the team is in a streak of 8 winless games, at the bottom of its qualification group for the 2024 Euro, with no chances of qualifying, after losing to opponents such as Montenegro and Lithuania. - The team's last win was almost a year ago - on 16.11.2022 in a friendly against Cyprus. Our last win in an official match was more than a year ago - on 26.09.2022 against North Macedonia. - The national football team of Bulgaria has been constantly performing bad for at least the last 20 years. The last big tournament we played was the 2004 Euro in Portugal, where we were humiliated in the group stage. - Many supporters blame the current bosses of the Bulgarian Football Union for this downfall. The most notable of them are Borislav Mihaylov, Emil Kostadinov and Yordan Lechkov - 3 players who were part of the great 1994 WC team which reached the semi-finals of the tournament. Sadly, those people's success as players has been overshadowed by their lack of capability or willingness to resolve many of the problems in our football - the out-of-date training systems, the poor football infrastructure etc. What's worse is that they refuse to resign a failure after another and they have changed the rules of the union in a way that makes them irremovable for more than 18 years. - Recently a couple of players from the next generation - Dimitar Berbatov, Stiliyan Petrov and Martin Petrov started a campaign, trying to overthrow the aforementioned but as I said the rules are in the bosses' favour. - Meanwhile fans are getting really angry with the situation and are starting to take measures. Last weekend, during many matches of the First and Second Football Leagues the fans were chanting against Mihaylov and company and displayed banners against them. Of course, the BFU fined the clubs for "obscene chants and banners". - There is a campaign on social media calling fans of all local clubs to put their differences aside and come to the Euro qualifier with Hungary on 16.11 and show their disapproval of the current BFU leaders. That's the main points, I'm sure that if you dig a little you'll find much more. Please consider doing such a video, the anti-BFU sentiments are getting stronger and we need to disturb those self-serving ex-legends in every way possible. Thank you and keep up the good work!

The problem is FIFA has been looking on the same way how FIBA World Cup (for basketball) has been doing. Remember how Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia got the hosting rights for that Basketball World Cup? It was done entirely on money basis despite flight between Okinawa to Jakarta is over 10 hours long, while from Okinawa and Jakarta to Quezon is over 4 hours, extremely exhausting for basketball players. FIBA must have represented this insane idea to FIFA, who later adopted it for 2030 FIFA World Cup. FIFA thought it could become as successful as basketball competition.

Kenilworth Road should host the final

it's scary to think we'll live in a future where maybe it won't be possible to even go to the world cup at all due to the weather. I think the world cup should scale back, play more games for qualifiers, maybe even host a lower tier tournament for the nations that would normally miss out on the world cup and give the best there a spot for the next tournament that would normally go to the international playoff teams. money isn't everything, preserving our favorite sport and our planet is more important

Between Alfie and Jonathan Pie we've got the two most incisive social commenters of our age, shining a spotlight on all that's shit with the world in a depressingly dark comedic tone. Can't get enough of it.