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

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, 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[6] and Morocco on 14 March 2023. Some media have reported that there were talks to include Morocco in replacement of Ukraine, but the news were dismissed in April 2023.[7][8]

2030 FIFA World Cup Bid
bid by Spain–Portugal–Ukraine–Morocco 2030
Spanish:España–Portugal–Ucrania–Marruecos 2030
Portuguese:Espanha–Portugal–Ucrânia–Marrocos 2030
Arabic:- إسبانيا - البرتغال - أوكراني — المغرب 2030
Tamazight:ⵚⴱⵍⵢⵓⵏ - ⴱⵔⵟⵇⵇⵉⵣ - ⵓⴽⵔⴰⵉⵏⴻ - ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ - 2030
Ukrainian:Іспанія–Португалія–Україна–Марокко 2030
French:Espagne-Portugal-Ukraine-Maroc 2030
Tournament details
Host countries Spain
 Portugal
 Morocco
 Ukraine
DatesJune–July 2030
Teams48 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)At least 16 stadiums in 10 cities from 35 options

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.[9] Spain and Portugal had previously submitted an unsuccessful joint bid to host the FIFA World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.[10] 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.[11]

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][12] 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][12] 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 Ukraine and Morocco as co-hosts

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.[13] 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.[14] While Ukraine's involvement in the tournament was not announced directly, it was believed that Ukraine would host a group at the tournament.[15]

On 14 March 2023, King Mohammed VI of Morocco announced that the country would 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.[16][17] Despite being rumored that Morocco had replaced Ukraine in the bid, on 5 April, Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa confirmed that Ukraine was still included in their World Cup bid.[18]

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.[19]

dagger denotes stadium used for previous men's World Cup tournament (Spain only)
⋆ planned stadiums to be built
Spain Barcelona Spain Madrid Portugal Lisbon
Camp Noudagger RCDE Stadium Santiago Bernabéudagger 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
Spain Valencia
Spain–Portugal–Ukraine–Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid (Iberia)
 Spain Seville
Nou Mestalla ⋆ La Cartuja
Capacity: 70,000 Capacity: 60,721
Spain Bilbao Portugal Porto
San Mamés Estádio do Dragão
Capacity: 53,289 Capacity: 50,033
Spain Murcia Spain Gijón
Nueva Condomina El Molinóndagger
Capacity: 31,179

Expandable to: 42,000

 Capacity: 29,029
Spain Málaga Spain Zaragoza Spain Vigo Spain La Coruña Spain Las Palmas Spain San Sebastián
La Rosaledadagger La Romaredadagger Balaídosdagger Riazordagger Estadio Gran Canaria Anoeta Stadium
Capacity: 30,044 Capacity: 33,608 Capacity: 29,000 Capacity: 32,660 Capacity: 32,392 Capacity: 40,000
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[20]

Expandable to: 60,000

 Capacity: 93,000 Capacity: 65,000

Expandable to: 80,000

 Capacity: 45,480 Capacity: 45,420

Expandable to: 69,565

 Capacity: 46,092
Morocco Oujda
Spain-Portugal-Ukraine-Morocco 2030 venues (Morocco)
Spain-Portugal-Ukraine-Morocco 2030 venues (Ukraine)
Grand Stade d'Oujda *
Capacity: 45,000
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Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine Donetsk Ukraine Kharkiv Ukraine Lviv Ukraine Odesa Ukraine Dnipro
Olympic Stadium Donbass Arena Metalist Stadium Arena Lviv Chornomorets Stadium Dnipro-Arena
Capacity: 70,050 Capacity: 52,187 Capacity: 40,003 Capacity: 34,915 Capacity: 34,164 Capacity: 31,003

Support

Football confederations

See also

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