Saudi Arabia has officially been announced as the host nation for the 2034 World Cup

FIFA, the worldwide governing body of soccer, said on Wednesday that Spain, Portugal, and Morocco will share hosting duties for the 2030 event, which will take place in Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina. FIFA also declared that Saudi Arabia would host the World Cup in 2034.

This is due to the fact that just one offer was accepted for the 2030 and 2034 tournaments; Saudi Arabia was chosen to host the 2034 World Cup, while Spain, Portugal, and Morocco were appointed joint hosts in six years.

Throughout the bidding process, both offers have been scrutinized, although the latter has generated the greatest debate.

Human rights organizations, however, challenged the Saudi bid, arguing that the nation's record on human rights puts thousands of migrant workers from some of the world's poorest regions at risk as they are likely to be brought in to build the stadiums, airports, roads, hotels, and even a new city needed to host the tournament.

"FIFA is willfully blind to the country's human rights record, setting up a decade of potentially horrific human rights abuses preparing for the 2034 World Cup," Minky Worden, director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement in November.

Rights organizations provide proof that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, sometimes referred to as MBS, has presided over many recorded instances of forced disappearances, mass killings, and torture. Even on social media, domestic criticism of the government has resulted in torture and incarceration.

In a letter to the legal company that created the study for the Saudi federation, Human Rights Watch and ten other labor and rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Football Supporters Europe, expressed their concerns. According to Human Rights Watch, the company did not provide a significant reaction.

"Not a single migrant worker, victim of human rights crimes, torture survivor, jailed women's rights advocate, or Saudi civil society member was consulted for FIFA's supposedly independent report," Worden said. "FIFA's treatment of the Saudi bid is an abysmal failure to implement mandatory human rights risk assessments and protections for the millions of migrant workers who are going to make the 2034 World Cup possible."

The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. From June 11 to July 19, 16 locations will host the 48-team competition.