The Sports Councilor of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Aridany Romerothis Friday is a restless island executive waiting for the confirmation of something that will go down in history: the hosting at the headquarters of a FIFA championship and the year 2030. The president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Moralesthanked the RFEF for its confidence in the island and also expressed its gratitude to the society of the islands for their unity in the pursuit of the first-rate goal.
The Minister of Education and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands, Poli Suarezsaid this Friday “I am convinced that this designation will serve to show that our land has more than enough capacity to host first-class events,” said the regional advisor and then recalled that the World Cup that it will be “unique and unparalleled international showcase for the Canary Islands“.
The RFEF announced this Friday that the Gran Canaria Stadium will be the candidate for the host the 2030 World Cup matches in Spain along with ten other stadiumsas well as Javier Pérez-CD Tenerife Sports City can be a sub-host of the tournament.
The list of candidates is prepared after the study work of the last two years of the executive for ESpain’s joint candidacy with Morocco and Portugaland FIFA has to prove it.
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 determine the places, all the possibilities were evaluated, including the expansion to 13, an option that must be taken unanimously by the three federations and that was raised in June by the CSD, after almost two years of work built together“explained the RFEF.
“The RFEF has worked hard for this option, it has been transferred to its candidacy partners, but the Moroccan Federation and the Portuguese Football Federation consider that FIFA regulations must be respected, where the maximum of 20 places have been established, which means that Spain will have 11 venues,” he said, so Morocco will have six stadiums and Portugal will have three.
Also, he maintains that to decide on the places “a series of measurements and objective criteria are applied, in accordance with what is established in the candidacy requirements of FIFA.” “In total, 11 stages were defined, selected in a considered analysis aspects such as the technical project, operations, financial structure and endowment of the host citiesin addition to complying with documentary and contractual requirements,” he added.
On the other hand, the 45 sub-headquarters or base camps of the teams are specified to include them in the official dossier of the sixteen autonomous communities: Andalusia, canary islandsCantabria, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Community of Madrid, Valencian Community, Extremadura, Galicia, Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Navarra, Basque Country, Principality of Asturias and Region of Murcia.
The final decision on the use of these sub-headquarters, which must now go through a process of direct evaluation by FIFAcorresponds to the teams participating in the World Cup.
Among them is Javier Pérez-Club Deportivo Tenerife Sports City, in Santa Cruz of Tenerife.
The RFEF recalled that after the presentation of the dossier, FIFA will confirm at its General Assembly on December 11 the joint candidacy of the three countries and then determine the venues that will definitely host the matches.
Source: La Verdad
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