Morocco, Spain and Portugal’s presidents of football federations met on Wednesday morning in Lisbon as part of the joint bid for the organization of the 2030 World Cup.
The leaders’ summit brought together Fernando Gomes (Portuguese Football Federation), Fouzi Lekjaa (Royal Moroccan Football Federation) and Pedro Rocha (Royal Spanish Football Federation) and continued the preparation of the two-continent bid to be the best in history for a World Cup.
This was the second time that the presidents of the three associations met, but the first after FIFA’s decision on the 2030 World Cup was known.
At the meeting held at the FPS headquarters Cidade dofbol, it was decided to present the letter of intent to the World Cup on 28 October, thus fulfilling one of the requirements of the application process.
This will be the first formal step towards the joint candidacy and will demonstrate the commitment of Morocco, Portugal and Spain to organise a successful World Cup.
This solemn moment will take place in Rabat and will be followed by a press conference in which the presidents of the three federations will participate.
At the same time, the 2030 World Cup Candidacy Committee continued its work and, also on Wednesday in Madrid, held another project follow-up meeting.
“The FIFA Council unanimously agreed that the sole candidacy will be the combined bid of Morocco, Portugal, and Spain, which will host the event in 2030 and qualify automatically from the existing slot allocation,” FIFA said in a statement.
“Additionally, having taken into account the historical context of the first-ever FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Council further unanimously agreed to host a unique centenary celebration ceremony in the country’s capital, Montevideo… as well as three World Cup matches in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay respectively.”
