Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid
Introduction Portugal and Spain bid logo for the 2018 or 2022 World CupSpain 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 (FIFA) invited its member associations to bid for either the 2018 or the 2022 final tournaments, or both. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) 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 DateNotes15 January 2009 Applications formally invited2 February 2009Closing date for registering intention to bid16 March 2009Deadline to submit completed bid registration forms14 May 2010Deadline for submission of full details of bid30 August-2 September 2010Inspection committee visits Portugal/Spain2 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 (2 venues) 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, Spain Madrid, Spain Valencia, Spain Madrid, Spain Lisbon, Portugal Sevilla, Spain Camp Noua Santiago Bernabéua Nou Mestalla Wanda Metropolitano Estádio da Luzb La Cartuja FC Barcelona, Spain Real Madrid, Spain Valencia CF (New Stadium) Atlético Madrid, Spain S.L. Benfica, Portugal  Capacity: '''100,000'''  Capacity: '''80,354''' Capacity: '''75,000''' ''(partially constructed)'' Capacity: '''73,000''' Capacity: '''65,647''' Capacity: '''57,580''' 150px 150px 150px 150px 150px 150px Barcelona, Spain Bilbao, Spain Porto, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal Zaragoza, Spain Badajoz, Spain Lluís Companys San Mamés Barria Estádio do Dragãob Estádio José Alvaladeb Nuevo Estadio de San José Estadio Nuevo Vivero    Athletic Bilbao (New Stadium) F.C. Porto  Sporting CP Real Zaragoza (New Stadium) CD Badajoz Capacity: '''55,926''' Capacity: '''53,000'''  Capacity: '''50,399''' Capacity: '''50,076''' Capacity: '''50,000''' ''(proposed stadium : finish 2013)''  Capacity: '''15,198''' ''(plans to expand to 48,000)''  150px 150px 150px  150px   Santander, Spain Málaga, Spain A Coruña, Spain San Sebastián, Spain Valladolid, Spain Vigo, Spain El Sardinero Nueva Rosaleda Riazora  Anoeta Nuevo José Zorrillaa Nuevo Balaídosa Real Racing Club Málaga CF (New Stadium) Deportivo de La Coruña Real Sociedad Real Valladolid Celta de Vigo(New Stadium) Capacity: '''22,271''' ''(plans to expand to 45,400)'' Capacity: '''45,000''' ''(proposed stadium : finish 2016)'' Capacity: '''35,600''' ''(plans to expand to 45,000)''  Capacity: '''32,076''' ''(plans to expand to 43,650)'' Capacity: '''26,512''' ''(plans to expand to 43,650)'' Capacity: '''42,381''' ''(proposed stadium : finish 2017)'' 150px  150px  150px  150px  150px Murcia, Spain Alicante, Spain Gijón, Spain   Nueva Condomina José Rico Pérez  El Molinón a  Real Murcia  Hércules CF Sporting de Gijón Capacity: '''31,179''' ''(plans to expand to 41,000)'' Capacity: '''29,681''' ''(plans to expand to 40,000)''  Capacity: '''25,885''' ''(plans to expand to 40,000)''    150px 150px 150px     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: Sevilla Sevilla Cornellà de Llobregat Elche Oviedo Estadio Benito Villamarín Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Cornellà-El Prat Manuel Martínez Valero Nuevo Carlos Tartiere Real Betis Sevilla FC RCD Espanyol  Elche CF  Real Oviedo  Capacity: '''52,745'''  Capacity: '''45,500''' Capacity: '''40,500'''  Capacity: '''36,017'''  Capacity: '''30,500''' 150px 150px 150px  150px 150px Faro Braga Málaga Salamanca Girona Algarve Municipal de Braga La Rosaleda Helmántico Estadi Montilivi S.C. FarenseLouletano D.C. S.C. Braga CD Málaga UD Salamanca  Girona FC Capacity: '''30,305'''  Capacity: '''30,154''' Capacity: '''30,044''' Capacity: '''17,341'''  Capacity: '''10,500'''   150px 150px 150px 150px 150px
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