Four South American nations will today launch a joint bid with an aim to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. They hope to bring the global showpiece back to its inaugural nation Uruguay which hosted the first World Cup in 1930. The four nations bid has been long in the making and More than three years ago they committed to creating a local organizing committee to coordinate with South American football's governing body CONMEBOL to plan their bid. But the long task of the project tagged "Juntos 2030" (Together 2030) will come into fruition today when the four nations launch their bid to host the most coveted sports tournament on the planet. CONMEBOL president, Alejandro Dominguez had this to say; "the bid centers on the desire to bring the World Cup back to its original home: South America." The World Cup was first held in Uruguay in 1930 where the host nation beat their neighbors Argentina 4-2 in the final. 

The joint South American bid is looking to stage the 2030 final match in the Centenario stadium which hosted the 1930 final 100 years earlier. "For us, it should be called the 2030 Centenary World Cup. What we have to focus on is the Centenary World Cup. The 100-year celebration of the first World Cup will be here. Back to the legend, back to its roots!" said  Sebastian Bauza, Uruguay's sports minister. If the bid sails through, then the 2030 edition should not be different from the 1930 edition although the game has evolved a lot since that year. In 1930, there were 13 participant countries while in 2030 it is possible there might be 48 participant nations. In the first event, the entire tournament was played in the same city in 3 different stadiums while if the South American bid bores fruits, the 2030 event will be played in four different nations in around 15 stadiums. The 2026 FIFA World Cup has already been awarded to 3 nations; the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico and it will be the first tournament to feature 48 participating nations which will mark an addition of more than half from 32 as it stands in the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup.

The South American nations will most likely go up against two other proposals. The European nations of Spain and Portugal have already submitted a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup edition while Morocco have insisted that they will submit their bid to become the second African nation to host the global showpiece event after South Africa hosted the 2010 edition. The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland earlier in February decided to abandon a joint bid that would have seen them compete for hosting rights with the other three bids. There is also tentative talk of a joint Israeli, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain bid. Brazil was the last South American nation to host the FIFA World Cup after taking charge of the 2014 edition. 21 of these tournaments have been hosted in European countries while Qatar becomes the first Muslim nation to host the World Cup that is slated to take place between November 21st to December 18th when the final will be played at the Lusail International Stadium.