Portugal–Spain_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid

Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid

Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid

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Spain and Portugal 2018 was an official joint Iberian bid for the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) invited its member associations to bid for either the 2018 or the 2022 final tournaments, or both. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) submitted together a bid for both editions, but with the focus on winning the privilege to host the 2018 finals. Due to the withdrawal of all non-European bids for the 2018 edition, the Spanish-Portuguese bid, and that of all other European bidding nations, were effectively considered ineligible for the 2022 campaign.

Portugal and Spain bid logo for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup

On December 2, 2010, after a vote of the FIFA Executive Committee at its headquarters in Zürich, the Iberian bid lost the 2018 hosting rights to Russia, in a two-round voting, collecting seven votes against Russian's thirteen in the final round.

Schedule

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Details

Eighteen venues across sixteen cities in Spain made the final bid package as potential host venues for the tournament. In Portugal, only the two most populous cities - Lisbon (2 venues) and Porto - earned a place in the final bid package. In all likelihood, based on the assumption that FIFA allows twelve venues for the tournament, nine venues would be allocated to Spain and the remaining three would go to Portugal.

Potential venues

Submitted bid venues

The following are the 21 venues that were submitted to FIFA on 14 May 2010 as part of the FPFRFEF's bid to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup:[2]

More information Barcelona, Spain, Madrid, Spain ...

a: Stadium/site used in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
b: Stadium/site used in the UEFA Euro 2004.

Rejected bid venues

The following is a list of stadiums that were considered at one time as part of the FPFRFEF's bid to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup, but did not make the final cut:

More information Sevilla, Cornellà de Llobregat ...

Aftermath

After losing the 2018 bid, Portugal and Spain went on to bid for the 2030 edition and was later unanimously awarded in a joint bid with Morocco giving Portugal to finally host it on their second attempt and giving Spain to host it for the second time, with centenary games to be held in the South American countries of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.


References

  1. "FIFA receives bidding documents for 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups" (Press release). FIFA.com. 2010-05-14. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  2. "Portuguese-Spanish Proposed FIFA World Cup Stadiums". Archived from the original on 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2010-05-14.

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