2030 World Cup: Spain ready to withdraw from hosting if it doesn't get the final?

Spanish PP leader Feijóo says Spain should withdraw from co-hosting the 2030 World Cup if Morocco hosts the final instead of Madrid.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative Popular Party candidate for Spanish Prime Minister, declared on Thursday that Spain should withdraw from co-hosting the 2030 World Cup if Morocco is awarded the final. Speaking on the TV show El Chiringuito, Feijóo stated the final should be held "where it is just, where it is opportune, where it is indisputable: in Spain." When directly asked if he would push for Spain's withdrawal as PM should Morocco get the final, he answered unequivocally: "Yes. The answer is yes."

Spain and Morocco are competing for hosting rights to the final match. Spain is proposing Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium, while Morocco plans to build a new 115,000-capacity stadium in Benslimane near Casablanca. Morocco's football federation president Fouzi Lekjaa has insisted the match will be held in Morocco, and FIFA has stated no decision has yet been made. Feijóo, favoured in polls ahead of Spain's 29 November elections, framed the issue as a matter of national pride, writing on X that Spain should not be "humiliated" and referenced Spain's status as 2026 World Cup champions.