Victor Francos ‘wet paper’ promise to bring Rugby World Cup to Catalonia in 2031 | satisfaction

On Monday afternoon, a symposium entitled “The Importance of Sport in Spain’s Reputation in the World” was held, organized by the Barcelona Equestrian Department within the framework of the Crossed Agendas-Madrid Barcelona. It was my first time The Supreme Representative of the Supreme Council for Sports, Victor Francos, visited Barcelona After the installation of the new government And in full Political battle. And what’s better than Catalan for Open your hands once again and bring closer positions to the great Catalan partners in the new government, Although this meant a decline in promises on the part of Francos.

The Chair of the Commission on Sustainable Development took the floor and did so – List the sporting achievements of the current government Highlighting the organization of the 2030 World Cup – in cooperation with Portugal and Morocco – Announcing a series of events that are being worked on in Spain. Especially in Catalonia. Among them: a Ryder Cup in golf in 2031, a possible IAAF World Cup in 2029 in Barcelona, ​​and a possible Rugby World Cup between 2031 and 2035 in Barcelona.

Toast to the sun? Promises on paper? And in the case of elliptical sports, everything points to yes.

The 2031 and 2033 World Cups will be held in the United States

Following the conclusion of the current Rugby World Cup in France, the next event will take oval sports fans to Australia in 2027. The World Cup will witness many changes in its organization. Among the most important of these is the expansion of the World Cup to four teams (from 20 to 24).

After the World Cup in the Oceanic Region World Rugby (the highest rugby body in the world) It was agreed that the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2031 will be held in the United States, as well as the women’s tournament in 2033, which will also be held in the North American country.. This is specified on its official website This institution has awarded the 2025 Women’s World Cup to England, the upcoming Men’s World Cup in 2027 to Australia, and the 2031 and 2033 events of both categories to the United States.

Therefore, as far as Rugby Union or Rugby XV is concerned, all World Cup dates until 2035 are occupied despite Francos’ rhetoric and intentions.. However, Spain has the possibility of organizing World Cup events before 2035, but they will be in the Under 20 or Rugby 7 category, which has not been specified by the President of the CSD.

Aspirants for 2035 (Where Spain Could Be)

After the World Cup in Australia (2027) and the USA (2031) There are already a series of countries that aspire to host and organize the 2035 Men’s World Cupwhich until now Spain has not been a part of and has not spoken publicly.

This is the situation England and Saudi Arabia who have already expressed interest in being the host nations of the Rugby World Cup 12 years ago.

Just a few weeks ago, The president of the Portuguese Rugby Federation, Carlos Amado da Silva, hinted in an interview at the possibility of a joint candidacy with Spain. (Until the addition of Italy) to organize the 2035 Rugby World Cup, Francos also gave this possibility. An idea that flew over the Royal Spanish Rugby Union, where its sports vice president, Gabriel Saez, declined in various interventions.

“Portugal and Spain are among the top ten countries with the capacity to organize the World Cup. I have sent a letter to the Spanish president challenging him with a hypothetical Iberian candidacy. It remains to be seen so we can talk later.” “There is only this idea.” Amado da Silva told the Portuguese newspaper O Jogo:

This idea, according to the Portuguese, It came out in July, so it’s in an early and very experimental phaseBut the intention is real, as confirmed by Portugal. Right now, nothing is certain… and nothing is free until 2035.

Rodrigo Contreras is in charge of rugby. From Madrid. Graduated in Journalism at Complutense University. He mastered radio at Cadena COPE where he also specialized

Sports journalism. There, he is a rugby collaborator with Deportes COPE and El Partidazo de COPE. Narrator and rugby commentator for Teledeporte (where he directed and presented Pasión Rugby for two seasons), Intereconomía and La Liga Sports. In 2015 he founded the rugby department of El Confidencial. For 9 seasons, he was director and presenter of the podcast specialized in the oval world, Tercer Tiempo Rugby, where great oval ball references such as Brian O’Driscoll, Juan Fdez Lobbe, Hugo Porta, Sergio Parisse and Agustín Bichot have passed. He has been a professor of the sports journalism course at COPE for 8 years. If you like music, as well as sports, you have a radio appointment every night on their RockFM Motel show.


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