Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Rafael Louzan reaffirmed on Saturday that Spain will host the 2030 FIFA World Cup final, dismissing any talk of the country pulling out of the tournament if the decisive match goes to co-host Morocco.
Spain, Portugal, and Morocco are jointly staging the 2030 edition, though FIFA is not scheduled to announce the official venue for the final until 2028.
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With Portugal lacking a stadium large enough to meet FIFA’s requirements for the showpiece event, the race for the final has narrowed to a two-way contest. Spain is pushing for Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, whereas Morocco has proposed the massive 115,000-capacity Hassan II Stadium currently being constructed in Benslimane, near Casablanca.
Addressing attendees at a conference at the RFEF’s Ciudad del Futbol complex outside Madrid, Louzan insisted that Spain’s hosting of the final is non-negotiable.
“There is no other plan than for the final to be held in Spain,” Louzan declared. “I am not currently considering the possibility of withdrawing from Spain, as the prospect of Spain not hosting the final is not on the table.”
The remarks come in the wake of a November 5 television interview in which Spanish opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo suggested that, should he become prime minister following the November 29 general election, he would advocate withdrawing Spain’s World Cup bid if Morocco were handed the final.
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Louzan waved away Feijoo’s ultimatum as entirely hypothetical, arguing that FIFA’s traditional rotation system dictates that Europe should stage the final.
“That notion simply doesn’t exist,” he said, adding that hosting the climax of the 2030 tournament “belongs to the European continent.”
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