Spain’s race for the World Cup accelerates: the RFEF registers the brand ‘Candidatura Ibérica 2030’

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has accelerated in the joint candidacy of Spain with Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup. The body chaired by Luis Rubiales has registered the trademark 'Iberian Candidature 2030' with the Patent and Trademark Office the one that will present its proposal to celebrate the appointment in ten years, as it has collected Information and has been able to confirm this newspaper.

The request, which was made in July 2019, has been approved and published on January 31 and allows the RFEF to use that name for the organization of sporting events, the retransmission of different radio, TV and internet services, In addition to, among many other things, for the sale of merchandising such as sporting goods, clothing, gifts, pins, photographs or games.

Spain's race for the 2030 World Cup began in September 2018, when Luis Rubiales, in a meeting with Pedro Sánchez and Gianni Infantino (FIFA president), probed to the leaders to know their position regarding a possible Eurocup nomination 2028 or that World Cup event.

After ruling out the possibility of joining Morocco in a three-way candidacy and choosing to go for the World Cup, the Portuguese and Spanish federations announced in June 2019 the beginning of a “deep process of analysis on the possibility of presenting a joint candidacy to organize the 2030 World Cup. ”

At the moment, Spain and Portugal would have two rivals confirmed in the fight for the 2030 World Cup. Morocco, (which fell to the option to three from the US, Mexico and Canada by 2026) and the one that brings together Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. In the air, what will happen with the project sketch devised by South Korea that would integrate several countries of north-west Asia.