Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid

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

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.

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

Date	Notes
15 January 2009	Applications formally invited
2 February 2009	Closing date for registering intention to bid
16 March 2009	Deadline to submit completed bid registration forms
14 May 2010	Deadline for submission of full details of bid
30 August-2 September 2010	Inspection committee visits Portugal/Spain [1]
2 December 2010	FIFA to appoint hosts for 2018 and 2022 World Cups

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 FPF – RFEF's bid to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup: ^[2]

Barcelona, Spain	Madrid, Spain	Valencia, Spain	Madrid, Spain	Lisbon, Portugal	Sevilla, Spain
Camp Nou a [3]	Santiago Bernabéu a [4]	Nou Mestalla [5]	Wanda Metropolitano [6]	Estádio da Luz b [7]	La Cartuja [8]
FC Barcelona, Spain	Real Madrid, Spain	Valencia CF (New Stadium)	Atlético Madrid, Spain	S.L. Benfica, Portugal
Capacity: 100,000	Capacity: 80,354	Capacity: 75,000 (partially constructed)	Capacity: 73,000	Capacity: 65,647	Capacity: 57,580
Barcelona, Spain	Bilbao, Spain	Porto, Portugal	Lisbon, Portugal	Zaragoza, Spain	Badajoz, Spain
Lluís Companys [9]	San Mamés Barria [10]	Estádio do Dragão b [11]	Estádio José Alvalade b [12]	Nuevo Estadio de San José [13]	Estadio Nuevo Vivero [14]
	Athletic Bilbao (New Stadium)	F.C. Porto	Sporting CP	Real Zaragoza (New Stadium)	CD Badajoz
Capacity: 55,926	Capacity: 53,000	Capacity: 50,399	Capacity: 50,076	Capacity: 50,000 (proposed stadium : finish 2013)	Capacity: 15,198 (plans to expand to 48,000)
Santander, Spain	Málaga, Spain	A Coruña, Spain	San Sebastián, Spain	Valladolid, Spain	Vigo, Spain
El Sardinero [15]	Nueva Rosaleda [16]	Riazor a [17]	Anoeta [18]	Nuevo José Zorrilla a [19]	Nuevo Balaídos a [20]
Real Racing Club	Málaga CF (New Stadium)	Deportivo de La Coruña	Real Sociedad	Real Valladolid	Celta de Vigo (New Stadium)
Capacity: 22,271 (plans to expand to 45,400)	Capacity: 45,000 (proposed stadium : finish 2016)	Capacity: 35,600 (plans to expand to 45,000)	Capacity: 32,076 (plans to expand to 43,650)	Capacity: 26,512 (plans to expand to 43,650)	Capacity: 42,381 (proposed stadium : finish 2017)
Murcia, Spain	Alicante, Spain	Gijón, Spain
Nueva Condomina [21]	José Rico Pérez [22]	El Molinón a [23]
Real Murcia	Hércules CF	Sporting de Gijón
Capacity: 31,179 (plans to expand to 41,000)	Capacity: 29,681 (plans to expand to 40,000)	Capacity: 25,885 (plans to expand to 40,000)

^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 FPF – RFEF's bid to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup, but did not make the final cut:

Sevilla	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat	Elche	Oviedo
Estadio Benito Villamarín	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	Cornellà-El Prat	Manuel Martínez Valero	Nuevo Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis	Sevilla FC	RCD Espanyol	Elche CF	Real Oviedo
Capacity: 52,745	Capacity: 45,500	Capacity: 40,500	Capacity: 36,017	Capacity: 30,500
Faro	Braga	Málaga	Salamanca	Girona
Algarve	Municipal de Braga	La Rosaleda	Helmántico	Estadi Montilivi
S.C. Farense Louletano D.C.	S.C. Braga	CD Málaga	UD Salamanca	Girona FC
Capacity: 30,305	Capacity: 30,154	Capacity: 30,044	Capacity: 17,341	Capacity: 10,500

Aftermath

For 2030 bid, see Morocco–Portugal–Spain 2030 FIFA World Cup bid.

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.
3. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Camp Nou Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
4. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Santiago Bernabéu Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
5. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo Mestalla Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
6. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo Etadio de Madrid Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
7. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Estádio da Luz Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
8. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
9. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
10. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo San Mamés Barria Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
11. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Estádio do Dragão Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
12. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Estádio José Alvalade Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
13. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo Estadio de San José Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
14. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo Vivero Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
15. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo Sardinero Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
16. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nueva Rosaleda Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
17. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Estadio Riazor Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
18. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Estadio Anoeta Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
19. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo José Zorilla Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
20. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo Balaídos Archived 2010-05-15 at archive.today
21. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: Nuevo Balaídos Archived 2010-05-15 at archive.today
22. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: José Rico Pérez Archived 2010-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
23. Iberia's Bid Stadiums: El Molinón Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine

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