Spain–Portugal–Ukraine–Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid

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2030 FIFA World Cup Bid
Bid by Spain–Portugal-Ukraine–Morocco 2030
Candidatura España-PortugaMarruecos 2030
Candidatura Espanha-Portugal-Marrocos 2030
ملف من إسبانيا - البرتغال - المغرب 2030
Tournament details
Host countries  Spain
 Portugal
 Ukraine
 Morocco
Dates June–July 2030
Teams 48 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) At least 16 stadiums in 10 cities from 35 options

The Spain–Portugal–Ukraine-Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid, also known as the Iberian Bid, is a joint intended bid by Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, and Morocco to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[1][2][3][4] The bid was first announced by the football federations of the first two countries on 7 October 2020,[5] with Ukraine joining on 5 October 2022, and joined by Morocco on 14 March 2023. Despite concerns about Ukraine's bid, the duo confirmed Ukraine is still part of the plan on April 20.

Background

Spain has previously hosted the FIFA World Cup finals in 1982,[2] while Portugal and Morocco have never hosted the tournament. All three countries have hosted the finals of their continental tournaments once – Spain in 1964, Portugal in 2004 and Morocco in 1988.[6] Spain and Portugal had previously submitted an unsuccessful joint bid to host the FIFA World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.[7] FIFA's rules for rotating the tournament between continents made UEFA members, including the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) ineligible to bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[8]

The regulations for the 2030 World Cup bidding process will be announced in the second quarter of 2022, with applications being accepted from June that year and the host to be selected at the 74th FIFA Congress in 2024.[3][9] If the regulations remain the same as those for the 2026 World Cup, football federations from Asia (AFC) and North America (CONCACAF) will be ineligible to host following the successful Qatar 2022 and United 2026 bids respectively.[3][9] The tournament will mark the centenary of the first FIFA World Cup which was hosted by Uruguay,[1] and several other national football federations across Europe, South America and Africa have expressed interest in bidding to host the tournament.[3]

Announcement

The FPF and RFEF jointly announced their intentions to bid for the tournament during a goalless friendly match between the two countries' national teams on 7 October 2020.[5] Before another goalless friendly between the two teams on 4 June 2021 (which also marked the centenary of Portugal's first international fixture, against Spain[1]) the agreement to jointly support a bid was formalised.[2] The respective presidents of the RFEF and FPF, Luis Rubiales and Fernando Gomes, ratified the agreement on behalf of their respective federations. Also in attendance to support the bid were King of Spain Felipe VI, President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa, and multiple government ministers and officials from both countries.[1][3]

Addition of Morocco as co-host

On 5 October 2022, the FPF and RFEF held a joint press conference on their 2030 World Cup bid at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[10] RFEF president Rubiales and FPF president Gomes were joined by Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) president Andriy Pavelko, announcing that Ukraine would join the bid but the war hindered Ukraine's accession to the bid.

Independently of the Spain–Portugal bid, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced in mid-2018 that it would seek to host the tournament.[11][12][13][14] It was Morocco's sixth bid to host the FIFA World Cup, after unsuccessful attempts in 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2026.[15][16] On 14 March 2023, King Mohammed VI of Morocco announced that the country would instead join the Spain–Portugal bid as a co-host. Although the Royal Spanish Football Federation did not immediately confirm the addition, the prime ministers of Spain and Portugal both welcomed Morocco's decision to join the bid.[17][18][19] However, on 20 April 2023, it was later reported that Ukraine is still part of the bid despite rumours of withdrawal earlier.

Major sports events hosting experiences

Spain, Portugal and Morocco have all hosted various major sporting events, including:

Venues

On 14 July 2022, the Royal Spanish Football Federation unveiled a shortlist including 15 stadiums in Spain. It was decided 11 Spanish stadiums will be selected with three Portuguese ones for the Spain–Portugal 2030 FIFA World Cup bid but when morocco joined the bid there is a possibility that spain will select 6 or 7 stadiums

On 22 June 2023, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation Fouzi Lekjaa revealed the list of cities and stadiums that Morocco will present as part of the candidacy file to host the 2030 World Cup in a joint file with Spain and Portugal, as it was decided that 6 stadiums will be selected over 6 cities, of which 5 were previously built and will undergo a number of renovations.[20]

† denotes stadium used for previous men's World Cup tournament (Spain only)
⋆ planned stadiums to be built
+ stadiums that will undergo renovation
Spain Barcelona Spain Madrid Portugal Lisbon
Camp Nou dagger + RCDE Stadium Santiago Bernabéu dagger + Metropolitano Stadium Estádio da Luz Estádio José Alvalade
Capacity: 99,354 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 81,044 Capacity: 68,456 Capacity: 64,642 Capacity: 50,095
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Spain Valencia
Spain–Portugal–Ukraine–Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid (Iberia)
Spain-Portugal-Morocco 2030 venues (Morocco)
 Spain Seville
Nou Mestalla + La Cartuja
Capacity: 70,000 Capacity: 60,721
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Spain Bilbao Portugal Porto
San Mamés Estádio do Dragão
Capacity: 53,289 Capacity: 50,033
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Spain Murcia Spain Gijón
Nueva Condomina + El Molinón dagger +
Capacity: 31,179

Expandable to: 42,000

 Capacity: 29,029

To be expanded
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Spain Málaga Spain Zaragoza Spain Vigo Spain La Coruña Spain Las Palmas Spain San Sebastián
La Rosaleda dagger + La Romareda dagger + Balaídos dagger + Riazor dagger + Estadio Gran Canaria + Anoeta Stadium
Capacity: 30,044

Expandable to: 45,000

 Capacity: 33,608

Expandable to: 42,500

 Capacity: 29,000

Expandable to: 41,900

 Capacity: 32,660

Expandable to: 48,000

 Capacity: 32,392

Expandable to: 44,682

 Capacity: 40,000
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Morocco Rabat Morocco Casablanca Morocco Tangier Morocco Agadir Morocco Marrakech Morocco Fes
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium + Grand Stade de Casablanca * Ibn Batouta Stadium + Adrar Stadium + Marrakesh Stadium + Fez Stadium +
Capacity: 53,000

Expandable to: 64,140

 Capacity: 93,000 Capacity: 65,000

Expandable to: 80,000

 Capacity: 45,480 Capacity: 45,240 Capacity: 45,000
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File:Casablaca stadium.jpg
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 220x220px Stade de marrakech.jpg 220x220px

See also

References

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