
Morocco Accelerates Infrastructure Upgrades for 2030 World Cup Bid
In the perspective of organizing the 2030 FIFA World Cup, alongside Spain and Portugal, Morocco is working on the development of its infrastructure.

In the perspective of organizing the 2030 FIFA World Cup, alongside Spain and Portugal, Morocco is working on the development of its infrastructure.

A candidate for the co-organization of the 2030 World Cup alongside Morocco and Portugal, Spain is in difficulty. UEFA and FIFA suspect the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) of political interference and have set an ultimatum for the Spanish government to clarify the placement of the RFEF under trusteeship, accused of corruption.

The cost of the project to build a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar that will connect Morocco and Spain, but also Africa and Europe, before the 2030 World Cup that the two countries are co-hosting with Portugal, is now known.

The Sword of Damocles hangs over Spanish football. UEFA and FIFA, who suspect the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) of political interference, could exclude La Roja from the next Euro to be held in Germany and exclude Spain from co-hosting the World Cup with Morocco and Portugal.

The National Society for the Study of the Strait of Gibraltar (SNED) denies the information stating that the in-depth studies of the project for a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar connecting the two countries, as well as Africa and Europe, have been completed before the 2030 World Cup that Morocco and Spain are co-hosting with Portugal, and that construction work will start as early as next year.

Morocco is striving to develop its motorway network and modernize the road network. Several major projects are or will be implemented to change the country’s landscape by 2030, the year the kingdom will co-host the World Cup with Spain and Portugal.

The recent visit to Morocco of FIFA President Gianni Infantino to attend the final of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, won for the third consecutive time by the Atlas Lions, has raised concerns in Spain. The two co-hosts of the 2030 World Cup with Portugal have expressed their desire to host the final of the competition.

Morocco and Spain are each fighting to host the 2030 World Cup final that they are co-organizing with Portugal.

The 2030 World Cup that Morocco will co-host with Spain and Portugal will have huge socio-economic impacts on the country.

While Morocco, which will co-host the 2030 World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, is investing in the development of sports, road, tourism and public service infrastructure, a major challenge seems to be escaping it: having a solid telecommunications infrastructure.

The information that the construction work on the tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar, which will connect the two countries, but also Africa and Europe, before the 2030 World Cup that Morocco and Spain are co-organizing with Portugal, will start next year to be completed in five years is false.

The National Railway Office (ONCF) has launched a call for tenders for the supply of track equipment for the major project of the High Speed Line connecting Kénitra to Marrakech, the realization of which should be effective before 2030, the year when Morocco will co-host the World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal.