The Council of FIFA has confirmed the candidacy of Spain, Morocco and Portugal to fix the 2030 World Cupwith three games in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguayand of Saudi Arabia for 2034 “exceed the minimum requirements” and this Wednesday they will be appointed by Congress as hosts.
FIFA confirmed that its Council held a virtual meeting this Tuesday, 24 hours before the Extraordinary Congress which will also be held via videoconference with the final approval of the competition organizers as the main item on the agenda.
The Council highlighted the “satisfactory development of the candidacy process” last year since the same body approved the candidacy of Spain, Morocco and Portugal as the only one for 2030 and for Saudi Arabia to apply for the 2034 competition.
“According to the analysis of the two evaluation reports, it was determined that all the candidates exceeded the minimum requirements to organize the World Cup and automatically pass the consideration of the Extraordinary Congress of FIFA,” FIFA said.
The agency also confirmed that independent audit reports concluded that both review processes were “conducted with objectivity, integrity and transparency.”
On November 30, FIFA published the evaluation reports of the two candidates, endorsing the capacity of both. Spain, Portugal and Morocco received a score of 4.2 out of 5, with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay hosting the centenary celebration matches with an average of 3.6 out of 5. The average score of Saudi Arabia It’s 4.2 out of 5.
The Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, the Camp Nou in Barcelona and the Hassan II in Casablanca They are the ones proposed for the final and the opening match of the 2030 World Cup, which will celebrate the matches of Spain, Morocco and Portugal between June 13 and July 21.
For commemorative matches of the centenary of the competition held for the first time in Uruguay In 1930, the proposed dates were June 8 and 9, in 4 stadiums: the Monumental in Buenos Aires, the Defensores del Chaco and the New National Stadium in Asunción, next to the Centenario in Montevideo.
The 2030 World Cup offers 17 host cities (9 in Spain, 6 in Morocco and 2 in Portugal): La Coruña, Barcelona, Bilbao, Las Palmas, Madrid, Málaga, San Sebastián, Seville, Zaragoza, Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Rabat, Tangier , Lisbon and Porto. There are 20 stadiums, with doubts over the opening and final stages.
Source: La Verdad
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