Six teams representing three continents have secured early qualification for the 2030 World Cup finals, as part of the special arrangements for the centennial edition of the tournament, which will be held to celebrate 100 years since the first World Cup.

Morocco, Spain, and Portugal have booked their places directly in the finals without going through continental qualifiers, based on the rules and customs of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), which grants automatic qualification to host nations.

FIFA also issued an exceptional decision to include Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay in the list of qualifiers, after it was decided to grant each of them the right to host one opening match, in celebration of the centennial of the first World Cup, held in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo in 1930, with the rest of the tournament matches to be held in Morocco, Spain, and Portugal.

With this decision, the six teams become the first to officially qualify for the centennial World Cup, while discussions continue within FIFA corridors regarding increasing the number of participating teams to 64 instead of 48, a proposal that could make the 2030 World Cup the largest and most inclusive in the tournament's history.

The Spanish national team won the title of the last edition of the World Cup in 2026, after defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final match, following extra time.

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