Fifa says the joint bid from Morocco, Portugal and Spain was the sole candidate to host the tournament.
While Portugal and Morocco have never hosted the World Cup, Spain last hosted the tournament in 1982.
Spain have been awarded the World Cup weeks after their disgraced former chief Luis Rubiales was forced to step down following his allegedly unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup. The 2022 World Cup was held in Qatar but it was moved from the traditional mid-year window and played in November and December to avoid playing in the searing heat of the Gulf summer.
Robert Harrison, the president of the Paraguayan Football Association, said Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay would automatically qualify for the World Cup but did not clarify what that would mean for the South American qualifying competition. “I am sure that together with Morocco and Portugal we will organise the best World Cup in history,” he said.