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08/06 07:37 CDT Spain confident it will host the 2030 World Cup final because
it 'deserves' it
Spain confident it will host the 2030 World Cup final because it 'deserves' it
MADRID (AP) --- The Spanish government remained confident the final of the 2030
World Cup will be in Spain.
Speaking after a report that FIFA allegedly awarded the final to co-host
Morocco, sports minister Milagros Toln said Spain "deserved" to host the title
game.
"We are the reigning men's and women's World Cup champions, and Spain and
Portugal spearheaded the bid for the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco later
joined," Toln told Cadena Ser late Wednesday. "We have many advantages and
strengths as a country."
Spain, Portugal and Morocco are the main 2030 co-hosts. Morocco hopes to host
the final at the planned 115,000-seat King Hassan II Stadium near Casablanca.
Spain has at least two contenders --- Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
and Barcelona's Camp Nou.
FIFA on Tuesday denied a British media report suggesting President Gianni
Infantino, in seeking support for his presidency, offered Morocco the hosting
of the final in 2030.
A FIFA spokesperson said it's "false and misleading to claim the FIFA president
has made any promise in relation to hosting the FIFA World Cup 2030 final. A
decision will be made by FIFA in due course."
Toln said the Spanish government was "surprised" about the report that FIFA
gave the final to Morocco.
"The most important thing is that FIFA has already denied it," she said. "We
are working with FIFA, and we have our next meeting in September. They have
been very clear and emphatic in denying this news. We will continue working
because we want, and it has to be, that the World Cup final is in Spain."
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