{"id":17855,"date":"2026-11-14T19:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/2030-world-cup-final-will-be-held-in-spain-rfef-president-insists-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T19:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T19:45:52","slug":"2030-world-cup-final-will-be-held-in-spain-rfef-president-insists-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/2030-world-cup-final-will-be-held-in-spain-rfef-president-insists-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"2030 World Cup final will be held in Spain \u2013 RFEF president insists – Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain will host the final of the 2030 FIFA World Cup<\/a>, Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Rafael Louz\u00e1n has reiterated.\n<\/p>\n

Spain is co-hosting the tournament with Portugal and Morocco, but FIFA is expected to decide on the venue for the final by 2028.\n<\/p>\n

Read Also: FIFA considers expanding 2030 World Cup to 66 teams<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no other plan than for the final to be held in Spain,\u201d Louz\u00e1n said on Saturday at a conference held at the RFEF\u2019s Ciudad del F\u00fatbol headquarters on the outskirts of Madrid.\n<\/p>\n

\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 he added.<\/p>\n

Louz\u00e1n was responding to comments by Alberto N\u00fa\u00f1ez Feij\u00f3o, leader of Spain\u2019s opposition party, who said in a television interview on November 5 that he would advocate withdrawing Spain\u2019s bid to host the tournament if Morocco were awarded the final.\n<\/p>\n

Feij\u00f3o made the comments ahead of Spain\u2019s general election scheduled for November 29, saying he would push for the withdrawal if he became prime minister.\n<\/p>\n

However, Louz\u00e1n described the scenario as hypothetical and insisted that Spain remained confident of hosting the final.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThat notion simply doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d he said, adding that, under FIFA\u2019s tradition of rotating World Cup hosting regions, the final \u201cbelongs to the European continent\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

FIFA experts inspect Spanish stadiums<\/h3>\n

Louz\u00e1n also disclosed that a delegation of FIFA technical experts spent the previous week inspecting Spanish stadiums seeking to host matches at the 2030 World Cup.<\/p>\n

The visits form part of the preparations for the tournament, which will be jointly staged by Spain, Portugal and Morocco.<\/p>\n

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