Overview
- The match had been scheduled for March 27 in Qatar between European champion Spain and Copa América winner Argentina.
- UEFA considered moving the game to Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu on the original date and floated a two‑leg format with a return in Buenos Aires in 2028, but Argentina rejected both options.
- Argentina proposed playing the fixture after the World Cup, which UEFA said was unworkable due to a lack of open dates in Spain’s calendar.
- The Argentine federation later offered March 31, a date UEFA and the Spanish federation would not accept.
- The cancellation comes after other sporting events in the region were scrapped, including Formula 1 races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, following late‑February hostilities involving Iran, Israel and the United States.