Ukraine will join forces with Spain and Portugal’s bid to co-host the 2030 World Cup, in a move approved by the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Confirmation of the joining of forces is expected at at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. Ukraine has been under full-scale invasion by Russia since February, however they are expected to host one of the tournament’s groups if the joint bid is successful.
OFFICIAL: Ukraine has joined Spain and Portugal’s bid to co-host the 2030 Men's World Cup 🏆 pic.twitter.com/7QRwsteuvs
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 5, 2022
Spain and Portugal confirmed two years ago that they would be joining together to attempt to host the 2030 World Cup, and the addition of Ukraine would give it a whole new dimension. Just last month, the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, said he believed Spain and Portugal would put together a “winning bid”.
Ukraine co-hosted Euro 2012 with Poland, and has shown that they can host large-scale events in peacetime.
However, there is competition. Including a similar type of collaboration between Egypt, Greece and Saudi Arabia.
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