Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid


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 invited its member associations to bid for either the 2018 or the 2022 final tournaments, or both. The Portuguese Football Federation and the Royal Spanish Football Federation 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

DateNotes
15 January 2009Applications formally invited
2 February 2009Closing date for registering intention to bid
16 March 2009Deadline to submit completed bid registration forms
14 May 2010Deadline for submission of full details of bid
30 August-2 September 2010Inspection committee visits Portugal/Spain
2 December 2010FIFA 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 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:
Barcelona, SpainMadrid, SpainValencia, SpainMadrid, SpainLisbon, PortugalSevilla, Spain
Camp NouaSantiago BernabéuaNou MestallaWanda MetropolitanoEstádio da LuzbLa Cartuja
FC Barcelona, SpainReal Madrid, SpainValencia CF
Atlético Madrid, SpainS.L. Benfica, Portugal
Capacity: 100,000Capacity: 80,354Capacity: 75,000
'		Capacity: 73.000Capacity: 65,647Capacity: 57,580
Barcelona, SpainBilbao, SpainPorto, PortugalLisbon, PortugalZaragoza, SpainBadajoz, Spain
Lluís CompanysSan Mamés BarriaEstádio do DragãobEstádio José AlvaladebNuevo Estadio de San JoséEstadio Nuevo Vivero
Athletic Bilbao
F.C. PortoSporting CPReal Zaragoza
CD Badajoz
Capacity: 55,926Capacity: 53,000Capacity: 50,399Capacity: 50,076Capacity: 50,000
'		Capacity: 15,198
'
Santander, SpainMálaga, SpainA Coruña, SpainSan Sebastián, SpainValladolid, SpainVigo, Spain
El SardineroNueva RosaledaRiazoraAnoetaNuevo José ZorrillaaNuevo Balaídosa
Real Racing ClubMálaga CF
Deportivo de La CoruñaReal SociedadReal ValladolidCelta de Vigo
Capacity: 22,271
'		Capacity: 45,000
'		Capacity: 35,600
'		Capacity: 32,076
'		Capacity: 26,512
'		Capacity: 42,381
'
Murcia, SpainAlicante, SpainGijón, Spain
Nueva CondominaJosé Rico PérezEl Molinón a
Real MurciaHércules CFSporting de Gijón
Capacity: 31,179
'		Capacity: 29,681
'		Capacity: 25,885
'

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:
SevillaSevillaCornellà de LlobregatElcheOviedo
Estadio Benito VillamarínRamón Sánchez PizjuánCornellà-El PratManuel Martínez ValeroNuevo Carlos Tartiere
Real BetisSevilla FCRCD EspanyolElche CFReal Oviedo
Capacity: 52,745Capacity: 45,500Capacity: 40,500Capacity: 36,017Capacity: 30,500
FaroBragaMálagaSalamancaGirona
AlgarveMunicipal de BragaLa RosaledaHelmánticoEstadi Montilivi
S.C. Farense
Louletano D.C.		S.C. BragaCD MálagaUD SalamancaGirona FC
Capacity: 30,305Capacity: 30,154Capacity: 30,044Capacity: 17,341Capacity: 10,500