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Spain postulates the venues for the 2030 World Cup

2022-07-14T11:50:42.612Z


Two years before FIFA decides, the RFEF presents the 15 stadiums that opt ​​to be part of the Iberian candidacy shared with Portugal


The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Government of Spain held a meeting this Thursday at the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas together with representatives of the autonomous communities, town councils and clubs interested in hosting the Iberian bid for the World Cup of 2030. Until FIFA announces in two years who hosts the World Cup, the project shared by Spain and Portugal has time to take shape.

The first step has been to officially announce which are the 15 Spanish stadiums that are running as possible venues for the tournament: Camp Nou (Barcelona), RCD Stadium (Barcelona), Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid), Metropolitano (Madrid), La Cartuja (Seville), La Nueva Condomina (Murcia), Gran Canaria Stadium (Las Palmas), La Rosaleda (Málaga), Mestalla (Valencia), San Mamés (Bilbao), Anoeta (San Sebastián), La Romareda (Zaragoza), El Molinón (Gijón), Riazor (A Coruña) and Balaídos (Vigo), who presented their candidacy after the deadline, but finally had the approval of the RFEF, CSD and the Government

to be part of the triplet.

🏟️ These are the candidates for the 2030 World Cup!



🌟 We seek the World Cup dream with enthusiasm and a lot of work.



🤝 @selecaoportugal.#Vamos2030 pic.twitter.com/ocd071ebwC

– RFEF (@rfef) July 14, 2022

Of all those stadiums, Spain will have to keep 11 and discard four.

The venues chosen by the RFEF will also be joined by three Portuguese fiefdoms: two in Lisbon (Da Luz and José Alvalade) and one in Porto (Do Dragao).

The great rival of the Iberian bid to host the World Cup is another joint project: the one shared by Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay in CONMEBOL.

The main endorsement of the South American candidacy is the centenary of the celebration of the first World Cup, organized on Uruguayan soil in 1930, although, if so, FIFA would interrupt the immaculate order of continental rotation that continues until now —the previous World Cup, the 2026, will be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States—.

In any case, the election of the final venue, in which the 211 federations of the highest body in world football will vote, will not be announced until 2024.

waiting for requirements

At the meeting held this Thursday at the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas, the RFEF representatives recalled that the official FIFA requirements to host the World Cup tournament are not yet known.

If the obligations that all the stadiums had to fulfill to opt to host the 2026 World Cup are met, the last designated, each venue must have a capacity of at least 40,000 spectators.

Of the 15 stadiums that the Federation has applied for, more than half do not meet that minimum: Anoeta (39,300 seats), La Romareda (33,600), Riazor (32,500), Gran Canaria (32,400), Nueva Condomina (31,200), La Rosaleda (30,000), El Molinón (30,000) and Balaídos (29,000).

In the event that FIFA repeats the requirements demanded in the 2026 event, these stadiums will have to face important logistical and economic reforms to adapt to what is required before the deadline expires.

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Source: elparis

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