Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 World Cup

Fifa has announced that Spain, Portugal and Morocco will co-host the 2030 men's football World Cup.

It's the first time that three countries across two continents will officially stage the tournament.

The opening matches will also be held on a third continent, South America, which means that competing teams will play across different seasons and hemispheres within the same tournament.

And the 2030 event is particularly special, because its the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup.

When and where will the 2030 World Cup take place?

The 2030 World Cup will run from 8 June, with the final on 21 July.

Spain looks set to stage the most matches, having put forward 11 stadiums, with Morocco using six stadiums and Portugal three.

Spain hosted the World Cup in 1982 but Portugal and Morocco have never hosted the men's World Cup before.

This will also be the first time that World Cup matches will be held in North Africa.

South America kicks off 2030 World Cup

The opening three matches of the tournament will take place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

This is because Fifa is celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the first World Cup, which took place in Uruguay.

Uruguay won the tournament in 1930, Argentina were the runners-up.

Paraguay, meanwhile, is where the South American football confederation - Conmebol - is based.

Conmebol is the oldest continental football federation in the world, and the only one that existed at the time of the 1930 World Cup.

Environmental concerns

Fifa says the match schedule will be changed, to give teams playing in the anniversary games in South America extra time to travel, rest and prepare.

However, there are concerns about the environmental impact of Fifa's decision to host the game across three continents.

World Cups generally produce high amounts of pollution due to the construction of stadiums, hotels and all that air travel by teams and fans.

Fifa says that, with the exception of the games in South America, "the tournament will be played in a footprint of neighbouring countries" adding that Portugal, Morocco and Spain have good transport links between one another.