{"id":17842,"date":"2026-11-14T19:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/there-is-no-other-plan-spanish-fa-chief-dismisses-moroccos-bid-for-2030-world-cup-final\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T19:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:16:06","slug":"there-is-no-other-plan-spanish-fa-chief-dismisses-moroccos-bid-for-2030-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/there-is-no-other-plan-spanish-fa-chief-dismisses-moroccos-bid-for-2030-world-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There Is No Other Plan\u2019 \u2013 Spanish FA Chief Dismisses Morocco\u2019s Bid For 2030 World Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/afcon-2027-qualifiers-chelle-praises-super-eagles-performance-against-tanzania-defends-adams\/\">AFCON 2027Q: Chelle Praises Super Eagles\u2019 Performance Against Tanzania, Defends Adams<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Portugal lacking a stadium large enough to meet FIFA\u2019s requirements for the showpiece event, the race for the final has narrowed to a two-way contest. Spain is pushing for Real Madrid\u2019s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, whereas Morocco has proposed the massive 115,000-capacity Hassan II Stadium currently being constructed in Benslimane, near Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing attendees at a conference at the RFEF\u2019s Ciudad del Futbol complex outside Madrid, Louzan insisted that Spain\u2019s hosting of the final is non-negotiable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no other plan than for the final to be held in Spain,\u201d Louzan declared. \u201cI am not currently considering the possibility of withdrawing from Spain, as the prospect of Spain not hosting the final is not on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s World Cup bid if Morocco were handed the final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/turkish-club-interested-in-maduka-okoye\/\">Turkish Club Interested In Maduka Okoye<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Louzan waved away Feijoo\u2019s ultimatum as entirely hypothetical, arguing that FIFA\u2019s traditional rotation system dictates that Europe should stage the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat notion simply doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d he said, adding that hosting the climax of the 2030 tournament \u201cbelongs to the European continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}