The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, greeted the symbolism of victory on Wednesday, after it became known that Ukraine will be part of the joint bid of Portugal and Spain to host the 2030 World Cup.
This candidacy “is more than a symbol of faith in our common victory,” Zelensky wrote on his official Twitter account, adding that “Ukraine will resist, prevail and be rebuilt with the solidarity of its partners.”
The federations of the two Iberian countries made official today, in a press conference at the UEFA headquarters, that Ukraine will accompany Portugal and Spain in the joint bid to organize the 2030 World Cup.
“The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have included Ukraine in the bid for the 2030 World Cup. The two federations communicated their intention to UEFA, which immediately expressed its full support. ”, the organizations pointed out. led by Fernando Gomes and Luis Rubiales, in a statement.
In the midst of a war conflict with Russia, Ukraine resizes the only European candidacy for the organization of the main world competition for national teams in 2030, whose collaboration protocol between the FPF and the RFEF had already been signed in October 2020.
The proposal was presented in June 2021 and received the support of UEFA, facing the competition of at least one South American project (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay), an African project (Morocco) and an intercontinental project (Saudi Arabia). , Egypt and Greece). ).
Qatar will host this year the 22nd edition of the World Cup, from November 20 to December 18, followed by an unprecedented co-organization between three countries (Canada, the United States and Mexico) in 2026, and the celebration of the centenary of the event in 2030.
The election of the organizing countries for the 2030 World Cup is scheduled for the 74th FIFA Congress, in 2024, after Portugal hosted Euro 2004 and Spain hosted Euro 1964 and the 1982 World Cup, while Ukraine hosted Euro 2012, along with Poland.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.4 million to European countries-, according to the UN, which sees in this refugee crisis the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
Source: TSF
