spain last hosted the world cup in 2016.
spain last hosted the world cup in 2016.
when did spain last host the world cup?
2016
with only three wins in 16 occasions, the success rate of host nations winning the tournament is rather low at 19%, compared to the respective percentage in the fifa world cup which stands at 32% (6 out of 19). yugoslavia was the last host to win, in 1970; the only other host to medal since then has been turkey, silver medalist in 2010. greece has been the only other host nation to finish fourth or better since 1970. from 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round of the tournament, bypassing the preliminary round (group stage). the host's final rank in these years could not be worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight). however, beginning in 1986, the host has competed in the preliminary round.
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the fifa council went back and forth between 2013 and 2017 on limitations within hosting rotation based on the continental confederations. originally, it was set that bids to be host would not be allowed from countries belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding tournaments. it was temporarily changed to only prohibit countries belonging to the confederation that hosted the previous world cup from bidding to host the following tournament, before the rule was changed back to its prior state of two world cups. however, the fifa council did make an exception to potentially grant eligibility to member associations of the confederation of the second-to-last host of the fifa world cup in the event that none of the received bids fulfill the strict technical and financial requirements. in march 2017, fifa president gianni infantino confirmed that "europe (uefa) and asia (afc) are excluded from the bidding following the selection of russia and qatar in 2018 and 2022 respectively." therefore, the 2026 world cup could be hosted by one of the remaining four confederations: concacaf (north america; last hosted in 1994), caf (africa; last hosted in 2010), conmebol (south america; last hosted in 2014), or ofc (oceania, never hosted before), or potentially by uefa in case no bid from those four met the requirements.
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