Soccer-Centenary World Cup will be utterly unrecognisable from 1930

Soccer Football - FIFA Virtual Council Meeting - Zurich, Switzerland - October 4, 2023 FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the meeting FIFA/Handout via REUTERS

Lille, France (Reuters) - The inaugural soccer World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 featured 13 teams, after a desperate late push to persuade any Europeans to attend and after Egypt missed their ship connection, and created only a ripple of news beyond South America.

On Wednesday FIFA announced that in recognition of the centenary, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay would each host a game in the 2030 edition that will be co-hosted by Morocco, Spain and Portugal.