Gran Canaria is a party. One of July 19, 2024 will go down in the history of the islands because the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced publicly today that the island is among the eleven stadiums that will be candidates to host 2030 World Cup matches in Spain.
The stadiums that will be part of the candidacy book are Anoeta (San Sebastián), Camp Nou (Barcelona), Gran Canaria (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), La Cartuja (Seville), La Rosaleda (Málaga), Metropolitano (Madrid), Nueva Romareda (Zaragoza), RCDE Stadium (Barcelona Cornellá-El Prat), Riazor (La Coruña), San Mamés (Bilbao) and Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid).
“To identify the headquarters, all possibilities have been exploredas well as the expansion to 13, an option to be taken unanimously by the three federations and that was raised in June by the CSD, after almost two years of work developed together,” explained the RFEF.
“The RFEF has worked hard for this option, transferring it to the candidacy partners, but both the Moroccan Federation and the Portuguese Football Federation are considering that FIFA regulations must be respectedwhere a maximum of 20 venues are established, which means that Spain will have 11 venues,” he specifies. Morocco will have six stadiums and Portugal with three.
The final decision on the use of these sub-venues, which must now go through a direct evaluation process by FIFA, corresponds to the teams participating in the World Cup.
The RFEF recalls that after the presentation of the dossier, FIFA will confirm the joint candidacy of the three countries at its General Assembly on December 11 and then determine the places that will definitely host the matches.
Source: La Verdad
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