San Mames and Anoeta pass the first round and will be candidates to host matches for the 2030 World Cup

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has made public this Friday the eleven stadiums, including that of San Mamés in Bilbao and the San Sebastian Anoetawhich will be candidates to host the meetings in Spain of World Cup 2030as well as the sub-offices, after the study work of the last two years of the executive for Spain’s joint candidacy with Morocco and Portugal.

Besides, Ibaia (Alavés facilities in Vitoria), the Eibar sports cityand the Facilities of Tajonar from Osasuna are among the 45 sub-brancheswhich can be used for team “base camps” or training sessions.

The other nine stadiums that will be included in the application book are Camp Nou (Barcelona), Gran Canaria (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), La Cartuja (Seville), La Rosaleda (Málaga), Metropolitano (Madrid), Nueva Romareda (Zaragoza), RCDE Stadium (Barcelona Cornellá-El Prat), Riazor (La Coruña) and Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid).

The Government delegate in the Basque Country, Marisol Garmedia, on learning of these candidacies, considered that it is “wonderful news for Euskadi to have two venues, San Mames and Anoeta, for the 2030 World Cup.”

“An excellent opportunity to showcase our image to the world with two modern stadiums and magnificent cities,” Garmendia wrote on social media.

According to FIFA regulations, there must be a maximum of 20 venues, so the joint bid venues would be distributed as follows: Spain will have 11 venues, Morocco will have six stadiums and Portugal will have three.

RFEF explained that the choice of venues took into account aspects such as the “technical project, operation, financial structure and equipment of the host cities, as well as compliance with documentary and contractual requirements.”

On the other hand, the 45 sub-venues or base camps of the teams have been defined to be included in the official dossier of sixteen autonomous communities: Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, the Community of Madrid, the Valencian Community, Extremadura, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Navarra, the Basque Country, the Principality of Asturias and the Region of Murcia.

The final decision on the use of these sub-venues, which must now go through a direct evaluation process by FIFA, will be up to the participating teams.

The RFEF recalls that after the presentation of the dossier, the FIFA will confirm at its General Assembly of December 11th the joint candidacy of the three countries (the only candidate to organize this event) and will subsequently determine the venues that will definitively host the matches.