The candidacy of the three countries received a score of 4.2 out of fivetherefore “exceeding the minimum requirements” to be selected at the FIFA Congress on December 11, the last step towards making this award official.
The candidacy of Portugal, Spain and Morocco for the 2030 World Cup “clearly demonstrated the ability to successfully host” the tournament, according to the evaluation report released Friday by
“Taking all aspects and consideration, the bid has clearly demonstrated the ability to successfully host the 2030 World Cup. If successful, FIFA is excited to work together with the hosts from the outset to deliver a memorable and world-class World Cup, one that represents the last in a century of tournaments — leaving an important and long-lasting legacy for football and its global community”, the report reads.
According to the same document, the candidacy from the three countries received a score of 4.2 out of fivetherefore “exceeding the minimum requirements” to be selected at the FIFA Congress on December 11, the last step towards making this award official.
In addition to the bulk of the tournament played in these three countries, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host three finals matches, as a way of celebrating the centenary of the competition, whose first edition took place in Uruguay, in 1930, after also receiving a favorable opinion from FIFA, with a score of 3.6.
“Based on these results, as well as the full assessments, FIFA determined that these applications qualified for consideration by the FIFA Council and the FIFA Congress, as they exceed the minimum requirements in the technical assessments to host World Cup 2030 and the Centenary Celebration”, it adds the report.
Os three Portuguese stadiums that will host World Cup 2030 games will be the Luz Stadium, José Alvalade Stadiumboth in Lisbon, and the Dragon Stadiumno Porto.
Furthermore, the Estádio da Luz – the the only one of the three with a minimum capacity of 60,000 seats – will welcome one of the semi-finals of the competitionrevealed in April the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Fernando Gomes.
Portugal debuts in the World Cup organization, after having already hosted the 2004 European Championship, while Spain organized Euro1964 and the 1982 World Cup, and Morocco only hosted the African Cup of Nations (CAN) in 1988, a condition that it will repeat in 2025.
