Estadio de Gran Canaria is a football stadium in Las Palmas , Canary Islands , Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is home to UD Las Palmas . It was opened in 2003 as a multi-purpose stadium to become the successor of the old Estadio Insular .
16-518: It was confirmed in July 2024 that the stadium will host matches in the 2030 FIFA World Cup . The stadium was inaugurated on 8 May 2003 with a friendly between UD Las Palmas and Anderlecht which was played in front of a full-capacity seats. The match ended 2–1 in favour of Las Palmas. The first scorer in the stadium was Rubén Castro . With a capacity of 32,400 seats, it is the 14th-largest stadium in Spain and
32-778: Is the AFC Champions League Elite . The competition is an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship , the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup and gathers the top teams from the highest-ranked nations in Asia (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded). The top-ranked AFC tournament for women's association football clubs is the AFC Women's Champions League which
48-784: The AFC and OFC , which has led to accusations that FIFA intentionally selected these countries, especially those in CONMEBOL region, to ensure that Saudi Arabia , an AFC member with major human rights controversies , would win their bid unopposed. Prior to the finalizing of the bid book on 31 July, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced its proposed 11 stadiums from 9 cities to host matches. They had also proposed two more stadiums; Nou Mestalla in Valencia , and Balaídos in Vigo , but
64-717: The AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup , which are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup , AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup , AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup , various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics . The top-ranked AFC tournament for men's association football clubs
80-729: The Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. The second and third games will be held in Argentina and Paraguay, respectively. The rest of the games will be held in Spain, Morocco and Portugal. This will be the first ever World Cup held in North Africa and the first World Cup held in the whole of Africa since 2010 , in South America since 2014 , as well as in Europe since 2018 . In terms of
96-659: The Indian Subcontinent plus Maldives and Sri Lanka ), South East (ten ASEAN countries plus Australia and East Timor ), and West (twelve Arab countries ). Afghanistan , Burma (Myanmar) , the Republic of China , Hong Kong , India , Indonesia , Israel , Japan , Pakistan , the Philippines , Singapore , South Korea , and Vietnam were the founding members. National teams: Esports Clubs: Defunct National teams: Clubs: AFC runs
112-602: The Asian AFC or the North American CONCACAF . The 2030 FIFA World Cup has already been met with backlash from fans, football officials, and environmental groups with them noting the large distance between South America and Europe would require considerable plane travel, which would increase the carbon footprint and negate FIFA's carbon neutral plans. They have also noted the issues for fans of teams who would get drawn with Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as well as
128-507: The World Cup. Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) is the governing body of association football , beach soccer , and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia . The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group
144-409: The addition of the two may exceed FIFA's limit of 20 stadiums. The host city list was finalized 12 days later, including 6 stadia in 6 cities from Morocco, 3 stadia in 2 cities from Portugal, joining 11 stadia in 9 cities from Spain, for a total of 20 stadia in 17 cities. Three South American cities were also selected in the bid book to host centenary matches. All six host nations will qualify for
160-526: The centennial World Cup competition. For the first time, three countries from two continents will host the competition, with Spain , Portugal , and Morocco as host nations. Additionally, Argentina , Paraguay , and Uruguay will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the FIFA World Cup, in particular the first World Cup in Uruguay. The first game, alongside a special centenary celebration, will be held in
176-460: The countries, this will be the first World Cup held in Morocco, Portugal, and Paraguay, the first held in Uruguay since the inaugural tournament , the first to take place in Argentina since 1978 , and the first to be held in Spain since 1982 . FIFA launched the bidding process in 2022. As hosts of the 2022 and 2026 editions respectively, the 2030 FIFA World Cup cannot be hosted by a member of
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#1732880980141192-494: The largest in the Canary Islands by terms of capacity (Although not the largest in terms of surface area of the pitch is concerned). From 11 November 2014, the stadium went under restructuring works which lasted for 16 months. After the remodelization, the running track was removed to turn the venue into a football-specific stadium, with the seats closer to the playing ground. The Island Government has approved funds to upgrade
208-541: The short amount of rest for players once those teams travel back to the main hosts in Iberia and Morocco. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter warned that the number of hosts that the 2030 FIFA World Cup would cause the tournament to "lose its identity". Others have noted that with the FIFA rotation system, CONCACAF (which will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup), CONMEBOL , UEFA , and CAF would be unable to bid, leaving 2034 open only for
224-449: The stadium as it prepares to host matches for the FIFA World Cup in 2030 to over 40,000. This article about a Spanish sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2030 FIFA World Cup The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup , a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA . The 2030 World Cup will mark
240-560: Was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan , British Hong Kong , Malaysia and Singapore . In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC. Notes The AFC has 47 member associations split into five subregions : Central (four Soviet Central Asian countries plus Afghanistan and Iran ), East (eight East Asian nations and two Micronesian territories: Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands ), South (five countries on
256-725: Was launched in the 2024–25 season. The second-tier men's tournament is the AFC Champions League Two , while the third-tier tournament is the AFC Challenge League , which were both revamped and rebranded in 2024. AFC runs an annual Asian futsal club tournament, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for futsal club competition. FIFA Men's World Ranking FIFA Women's World Ranking World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members: The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in
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