Ukraine to join Spain and Portugal’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup

Surprise in the world of football. Spain and Portugal’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup will add a new member, Ukraineas reported by the Times on Monday 3 October.

The measure, according to the English press, will have the approval of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski and the Spanish and Portuguese governments.

Luis Rubiales Y Fernando Gomezpresidents of the Spanish and Portuguese football federations, called a joint press conference at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) with the condition of “updating the information about the Iberian bid for the 2030 World Cup”. Alexander CeferinChairman of European football’s parent company, he supports Spain and Portugal’s plan and, on several occasions, has said it “is European football’s bet on the 2030 World Cup”.

The candidacy of Spain and Portugal for the 2030 World Cup

Spain has chosen 15 stadiums in 13 different cities. Madrid and Barcelona are the only ones to repeat and provide two each (Bernabéu, Metropolitano, Camp Nou and RCDE Stadium) and the stadiums of Bilbao (San Mamés), San Sebastián (Reale Arena), Seville (La Cartuja ) and Valencia (New Mestalla). The other cities that aspire to host are Murcia (Nueva Condomina), Zaragoza (La Romareda), Vigo (Balaídos), Gijón (El Molinón), Málaga (La Rosaleda) and Las Palmas (Estadio de Gran Canaria ).

For its part, Portugal chose two cities with three stadiums available: Lisbon (Estádio da Luz and José Alvalade) and Porto (Estádio do Dragão).

The Ukrainian experience

In 2012, Ukraine and Poland hosted the European Championship which dethroned Spain after beating Italy, the champions, 4-0 in the final at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv. Also on the same stage, Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in 2018 to lift their 13th place.u Champions League.

The remaining candidates for the 2030 World Cup

Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup in 2030, hosts Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay launched their joint bid in an unprecedented four-way bid to host the centenary World Cup.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Greece

According to Saudi Arabia’s official media, the leaders of the three confederations met to form a tripartite World Cup like the one in 2026 (Canada, United States and Mexico). Even the three countries participating in the bid will plan to build new stadiums.

The project will have the partial support of three confederations: Asia, Africa and Europe. Although it would not have UEFA’s approval, after Ceferin made it clear that there are two conditions to get the support of the 55 confederations: that there is only one European bid and that the seat is not shared with another continent.

Additionally, this option would require the World Cup to be played in the northern hemisphere winter due to the high temperatures in the region, which is what happened with Qatar 2022.