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The Uruguay–Argentina 2030 FIFA World Cup bid is a joint bid by Uruguay and Argentina to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The bid followed an earlier web movement claiming that FIFA should give Uruguay hosting rights for the 100th anniversary of the first 1930 FIFA World Cup which was also held in Uruguay. ==Background== The project was originally the idea of Abel Fialko,〔(La Republica, 25 October 2007 )〕 an Uruguayan, resident in Israel. Athens, the capital of Greece, the home of the ancient and first modern 1896 Summer Olympics, was considered by many observers during the 1996 bidding period as "the natural choice" for the Centennial Olympic Games of 1996. However, in the end, the U.S. city of Atlanta was selected to host the Centennial Olympics. In 1997, Athens won the right to host the 2004 Summer Olympics. Because of that incident, Fialko had a real concern that Uruguay's "historical rights" to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup (because Uruguay hosted the first edition of that tournament) would not be enough, and that Uruguay would end up having the same fate as Athens.〔 Abel Fialko then launched a website〔(Uruguay 2030 former Website )〕 in 1997 and began gathering more and more people, using the internet, to his cause.〔(Inside World Football, 25 November 2009 )〕 Using the benefits of the Internet to his advantage, and realizing that through it, the World was literally a global village, Fialko managed to bring upon himself the attention of many of his countrymen. Soon the world media learned of the initiative and Fialko was interviewed several times. On Tuesday 4 October 2005, during his visit to Uruguay to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the inaugural FIFA World Cup, FIFA President Sepp Blatter had a meeting with the Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez. In that meeting Vázquez formally suggested that Uruguay could co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with another MERCOSUR nation to commemorate the centenary of Uruguay 1930. After the meeting, Sepp Blatter stated, "During our meeting, the President told me of his dream of seeing this tournament hosted in the region. I told him that today's dream could be tomorrow's vision, which in turn could become a proper initiative and finally a project. At present, the South American Football Confederation is scheduled to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and all (national) associations will be able to present their candidature when we begin the selection process at the end of 2006. Dr Nicholas Leoz tells me that with the system of rotation it will be the turn of South America in 2030. That is the situation as it currently stands.".〔(FIFA official website, 11 October 2005 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uruguay–Argentina 2030 FIFA World Cup bid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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