October 4, 2023 is already part of the history of Spanish sport. FIFA on Wednesday awarded the hosting of the 2030 World Cup to a bid made up of Spain, Portugal and Morocco, except for the tournament’s opening matches to be held in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay as a symbolic nod to the World Cup. The cup that was played in 1930 on Uruguayan soil.

FIFA did not want to delay the news any longer and decided to reveal at the Council held this Wednesday that the option led by Spain is the only one qualified for the 2030 World Cup.

President Infantino’s announcement will now be transferred to the FIFA Congress, the body in charge of carrying out the formalities of ratifying the Council’s decision, the newspaper reported. AS.

This extraordinary Congress is scheduled for December 2024. In this way, Spain will once again host the World Cup in football 48 years later.

Over the past week, important meetings have been held at Las Rozas Football City to fast-track key details of the Spain-led bid. This series of meetings was a continuation of those that began on September 16 between representatives of the RFEF and the federations of Portugal and Morocco.

On that day, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Pedro Rocha, received his colleagues Fernando Gomes and Fouzi Lekjau in Las Rozas Football City (Madrid), at the first working meeting of the three federations regarding the organization of the 2030 World Cup.

The High Sports Council has played a key role in recent weeks in assuring FIFA that the Spain-led bid is ready to welcome an event of such calibre.

One of the main concerns of the three federations was that the controversy generated by the Rubiales case would affect the options of the Ibero-Moroccan candidacy.

For this reason, the president of the CSD announced at the beginning of the last Vuelta a España that he would talk to FIFA: “I will contact FIFA to make an important review so that this fact does not affect Spain’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup and to discuss topics of Spanish football that we consider important.” That communication happened and restored confidence in President Infantino.

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also used the meeting in New York with FIFA President Gianni Infantino to tell him that Spain, Portugal and Morocco are working to prepare a “firm and ambitious” bid to host the 2030 World Cup. (D)