The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Rafael Louzan, has insisted that Spain will host the final of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, ruling out the possibility of the tournament’s concluding match being staged in another country.
Spain is co-hosting the competition with Portugal and Morocco, with FIFA expected to make a final decision on the venue in 2028.
Spain is pushing for the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of Real Madrid, while Morocco has proposed the Hassan II Stadium, a 115,000-capacity facility under construction in Benslimane, near Casablanca.
Speaking on Saturday at a conference held at the Spanish Football Federation’s headquarters in Madrid, Louzan maintained that Spain remained the preferred destination for the final.
“There is no other plan than for the final to be held in Spain,” he said.
The federation president also dismissed suggestions that Spain could withdraw its bid if it failed to secure the hosting rights, stressing that the possibility of losing the final was not being considered.
“I am not currently considering the possibility of withdrawing from Spain, as the prospect of Spain not hosting the final is not on the table,” he said.
His comments came after the leader of Spain’s People’s Party, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, threatened to reconsider the country’s bid if Morocco was selected to host the final.
Feijoo, during a television interview on November 5, said he would push for Spain to withdraw its bid if he became prime minister following the November 29 general election and Morocco was awarded the match.
Louzan, however, described the suggestion as speculative, saying, “That notion simply doesn’t exist,” while dismissing the possibility of Morocco being chosen ahead of Spain.
The RFEF chief further argued that the tradition of rotating World Cup hosting arrangements favoured Europe, insisting that the continent should be awarded the final.
According to Louzan, hosting the final “belongs to the European continent”.
He also revealed that FIFA technical experts had inspected Spanish stadiums in the previous week as part of preparations for the 2030 tournament.
