{"id":477286,"date":"2026-03-15T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/477286\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:41:08","slug":"finalissima-argentina-v-spain-match-set-for-qatar-cancelled-because-of-middle-east-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/477286\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalissima: Argentina v Spain match set for Qatar cancelled because of Middle East war"},"content":{"rendered":"

A joint statement from Conmebol – the governing body of football in South America – and the Argentine FA said they offered an alternative date of 31 March but it was not accepted.<\/p>\n

“The AFA received a proposal to hold the match at a neutral venue, Italy, on 27 March,” the statement read.<\/p>\n

“Argentina accepted the idea without objection, except for the date, suggesting 31 March.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, Uefa announced that holding the match on the 31st – just four days later than the original proposal – was not possible, and the Finalissima was cancelled.”<\/p>\n

Uefa said: “Argentina made a counter suggestion to play the game after the World Cup but, as Spain has no available dates, that option had to be ruled out.”<\/p>\n

The Spanish FA said, external<\/a> it had “worked intensively” to get the game on in any format possible, whether in Spain or at a neutral venue.<\/p>\n

It said: “Spain was prepared to play as it has always been stated. They set no conditions.<\/p>\n

“Spain, together with Uefa, has offered all possibilities.”<\/p>\n

On Saturday the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Formula 1 Grands Prix due to be held in April were cancelled.<\/a><\/p>\n

Formula 1 said it was not safe to stage the races because of the conflict across the region.<\/p>\n

The Finalissima, which is staged every four years and is organised by Uefa and Conmebol, was last won by Argentina at Wembley in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A joint statement from Conmebol – the governing body of football in South America – and the Argentine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-477286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}