Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid

The national football association of Morocco is scheduled to bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[1][2][3][4][5] The bid will be led by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, who officially confirmed it on 15 June 2018.[2]

2030 FIFA World Cup Bid
الترشيح المغربي لكأس العالم 2030
Tournament details
Teams48 (from 6 confederations)

On 25 July 2018, Royal Moroccan Football Federation president Fouzi Lekjaa, confirmed Morocco will apply for the 2030 World Cup bid.[6]

Background

The 2030 bid is Morocco's sixth bid to host the FIFA World Cup after a record five unsuccessful attempts in 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2026. If successful, it will be the second African country, after the 2010 tournament in South Africa, as well as the second Arab and Muslim majority country after the 2022 tournament in Qatar, as well as the first time in North Africa.[7]

Possible joint bid

Morocco are possibly planning to co-bid with two CAF members Tunisia and Algeria.[8] Tunisia would have to provide 4 over 40,000 seat stadiums, of which it has one, another waiting for a major rebuild, one in construction and one in the planning stage. Algeria would have to provide 10 stadiums, of which three would be renovated and the others built later. This could make decisions to make the list of Moroccan stadiums very tight if there were 16 stadiums with 5 matches instead of 20 with 4 matches per stadium. Another possible joint bid is with the Egypt a possibility that 10 Moroccan cities could host while 6 Egyptian cities could host 20 matches including third place in Cairo, while the opening match and final could take place in Casablanca.

See also

References
  1. "Morocco Will Bid Again to Host 2030 World Cup".
  2. "Zetchi: Pour une coupe du monde " Algérie-Tunisie-Maroc " en 2030 - Algerie Direct". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. "King of Morocco orders country to bid for 2030 World Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. "World Cup 2030: Morocco to bid to host the tournament again after losing out to the United States, Canada & Mexico for 2026 finals". Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. "Morocco hopes to bid for 2030 World Cup despite 5th time defeat". 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. "Morocco To Bid For 2030 World Cup". Hot Sports TV. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. "Morocco announces fresh World Cup bid after defeat". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  8. "Spain offers Morocco a joint bid with Portugal for 2030 FIFA World Cup". elpais.com. 20 November 2018.
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