Designated as joint hosts of the 2030 World Cup - alongside Portugal -, Morocco and Spain are already dreaming of hosting the final. A prospect that could strain relations between the two countries.
While it had submitted a joint bid alongside Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay for the organization of the 2030 World Cup, awarded to the trio Morocco-Spain-Portugal, Chile is the only country in the quartet that FIFA has not granted any privileges. This exasperates the Chilean leaders.
After five unsuccessful bids to host a FIFA World Cup, Morocco has finally been selected to organize the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal.
The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be played under the colors of Morocco, Spain and Portugal. This is what the FIFA Council decided on Wednesday, unanimously selecting this tri-national bid. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) did not hide its enthusiasm, promising a "memorable" edition that will celebrate "the diversity and history of the competition".
Aspiring to host the 2030 World Cup, Morocco, Spain and Portugal are working to present a very good project. FIFA will announce the host country’s name in December 2024.
Giani Infantino, the president of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), continues to consider the joint bid of Spain, Portugal and Morocco as the favorite to host the 2030 World Cup.
President Pedro Sanchez held a meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in New York on Tuesday to defend the joint bid of Spain, Portugal and Morocco for the 2030 World Cup, after the controversy sparked by the Rubiales affair.
Morocco, Spain and Portugal are working hard to maximize their chances of being awarded the organization of the 2030 FIFA World Cup. FIFA will announce the name of the host country in December 2024.
The Spanish government will have to conduct a real diplomatic offensive to restore its image if it wants to host the 2030 World Cup with Morocco and Portugal. An image tarnished by the controversy surrounding the forced kiss of Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), on player Jenni Hermoso after the women’s World Cup final.
Morocco would have asked the political, financial and logistical support of the Gulf countries for its joint bid with Spain and Portugal for the 2030 World Cup.
In his Throne Day speech delivered on Saturday, King Mohammed VI welcomed Morocco’s joint bid with Spain and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup. A "unprecedented" bid that, according to the monarch, "builds a bridge between two continents and two civilizations".
About thirty MEPs have written to FIFA President Giani Infantino to ask that no matches be scheduled at the Dakhla stadium , in the Moroccan Sahara, if the Spain-Portugal-Morocco candidacy, to which Ukraine could be added, is selected for the 2030 World Cup.