{"id":446810,"date":"2025-09-23T21:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/446810\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T21:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:37:19","slug":"spain-to-fight-to-host-2030-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/446810\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain To Fight to Host 2030 World Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabat \u2013 Rafael Louzan, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), seeks to secure the right to host the 2030 World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>He made his remarks in an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/sport-business\/2025\/09\/23\/rafa-louzan-espana-debe-optar-final-creo-sera-mejor-mundial-historia.html\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Marca, where he said that Spain \u201cmust aim\u201d to host the final, which he believes could be the \u201cbest World Cup in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spain will organize the World Cup 2030 alongside Morocco and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are facing a benchmark event. There will be three continents and six countries involved, with Spain in the lead,\u201d he said. Speaking highly of the prestigious tournament, Louzan said that the World Cup is enormous as it will create 185,000 jobs, as well as modernizing infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Louzan also commended the opportunity of \u201csharing the sage with Morocco,\u201d according to Marca. He said that the event will allow Morocco to modernize not only sports facilities but also its communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain will act as the engine for companies experienced in major events,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Louzan also spoke of the candidate cities, including those for the final match.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cValencia has strong chances because it will have the most modern stadium in Spanish football for that World Cup,\u201d he said, adding that Spain is ready to provide up to 12 stadiums for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2025\/09\/260337\/is-moroccos-new-stadium-the-world-cups-best-italian-newspaper\/\" rel=\"noopener\">tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the final game of the potential host city, he acknowledged that \u201cthere is still a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain will fight to host it,\u201d he said. He added that shortlisted options include Madrid, Barcelona, and Morocco\u2019s Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain accounts for 55% f of the organization\u2019s weight and must aim to host the final of what I hope will be the best <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2025\/09\/259804\/moroccan-portuguese-football-chiefs-meet-in-rabat-to-discuss-2030-world-cup-plans\/\" rel=\"noopener\">World Cup<\/a> ever,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco is also rallying to host major matches during the tournament, including the final.<\/p>\n<p>Fouzi Lekjaa, President of Morocco\u2019s Football Federation (FRMF), refuted reports that Santiago Bernabeu was selected to host the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecisions related to the World Cup are not made by club presidents, but the organizing committees of the three countries in coordination with FIFA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For Lekjaa, the press is free to publish what it wants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what is certain, until now, is that Morocco, Spain, and Portugal have earned the honor of organizing this global event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morocco is readying multiple complexes for the tournament, including the giant Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium that was inaugurated in a friendly game between Morocco and Niger on September 5.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco also seeks to host the tournament\u2019s games in Fez Stadium, Marrakech Stadium, Ibn Battouta Stadium in Tangier, as well as in the Hassan II Stadium in Casablanca and Adrar Stadium in Agadir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013 Rafael Louzan, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), seeks to secure the right to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,150628,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-446810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-fifa-world-cup-2030","11":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115255774060046492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}