- Uruguay 2030
Uruguay 2030 is a project that has as his final goal to Organize the 2030 Fifa World Cup in
Uruguay for the 100th anniversary of the firstFIFA World Cup of 1930.The project originally was the idea of
Abel Fialko , a Uruguayan resident in Israel who create a website (1997) and begun gathering more and more people, using the Internet, to his cause. The topic was addressed in a 2005 meeting betweenFIFA presidentSepp Blatter and Uruguayan PresidentTabaré Vázquez .After the meeting, Blatter stated, "Today, it's a dream, which has to become a project before it can become reality."who|date=November 2007In October 2007,
Julio Grondona , President of the Argentine Football Association, accepted a proposal from neighboring Uruguay to bid to co-host the 2030 World Cup.In that same month, during a meeting of the
CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation), Uruguay received the support of other South American countries to co-host the 2030 World Cup soccer finals with Argentina. [1]References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040321163237/http://www.uruguay2030.org/ Former www.uruguay2030.org, hosted at www.archive.org]
* [http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=61531&slangab=E Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol]Español: http://www.mundialuruguay2030.com/English: http://www.argentinauruguay2030.com/
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