Aside from the Paris Olympics, FIFA has been doing business with future hosts of the men's World Cup, including Saudi Arabia.
FIFA said on Monday it had received formal bidding documents in Paris from the leaders of the seven member federations that are the exclusive bidders for the 2030 and 2034 World Cups.
The 2030 World Cup will be co-hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, plus three South American neighbours (Argentina, Paraguay and first host Uruguay from 1930), which will host each of the tournament's 104 matches.
Saudi Arabia is the only candidate for the 2034 World Cup, the hosting of which was accelerated by FIFA last year.
Both offers are expected to be confirmed at an online meeting of FIFA's 211 member associations on 11 December.
First, the proposed World Cup plans are due to be detailed in hundreds of pages, which FIFA is expected to publish later this week. They are to include plans for stadiums, hotels, training camps, transportation and national security.
“FIFA will evaluate the bids in depth and publish its evaluation report” in the final quarter of the year, the world football governing body said in a statement.
Countries bidding for the World Cup must also undergo an assessment of their human rights obligations in order to host the tournament. In May, FIFA was invited to work with independent experts to assess the candidates.
FIFA's human rights policy was introduced eight years ago after awarding the 2018 and 2022 editions to Russia and Qatar respectively, and was first applied to the 2026 tournament candidates.
The United States, Canada and Mexico will co-host the 2026 World Cup, the first with 48 teams instead of 32. They beat rival Morocco in a 134-65 vote decided in 2018 in Moscow.
