2030 World Cup: Morocco, candidate for co-organization with Spain and Portugal
Moroccan fans at the World Cup in Qatar.
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King Mohammed VI announced on Tuesday March 14 that Morocco is joining the candidacy of Spain and Portugal for the organization of the 2030 World Cup which will mark the centenary of the most popular sports competition.
After five unsuccessful applications for the organization of the competition, this could be the right one for the Cherifian kingdom.
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I am announcing before your assembly that the Kingdom of Morocco has decided, with Spain and Portugal, to present a joint candidacy to host the 2030 World Cup
", indicated the sovereign in a message sent on the occasion of the presentation of the 2022 Excellence Prize of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Kigali.
Spain and Portugal also declared their candidacy for the 2030 World Cup in 2021 before integrating Ukraine in October 2022.
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This candidacy will be that of gathering around the best on both sides, and the demonstration of an alliance of genius, creativity, experience and means
", explained Mohammed VI in his message read by the Moroccan minister. Sports Chakib Benmoussa.
Verdict in 2024
During the last World Cup, in December in Qatar, the Moroccan team, the Atlas Lions, signed an exceptional course by reaching the
semi-finals of the competition
, a historic first for an African team and the Arab world. .
The Football World Cup will celebrate its centenary in 2030, a century after the first edition organized and won by Uruguay, which formalized its joint candidacy with Argentina, Paraguay and Chile for 2030.
Five times unsuccessful candidate for the organization of the competition (in 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2026), Morocco hopes to become the second country on the continent, after South Africa in 2010, to host one of the events the most important on the planet.
In 2018, the country had already announced that it wanted to apply for the organization of the 2030 World Cup.
FIFA must designate in 2024 the host country or countries of the event, which will host 48 teams, against 32 in Qatar.
The 2026 World Cup, also with 48 selections, will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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