Morocco succeeded in its sixth attempt, after four decades of searching to organize the big dream, after the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced that it had officially granted it the honor of hosting the 2030 World Cup, in partnership with Spain and Portugal.
Today, Wednesday, FIFA unanimously approved in the virtual conference to grant the honor of organizing the 2030 World Cup to the joint file between Morocco, Spain and Portugal.
The FIFA Council had previously unanimously approved in October 2023 the adoption of the joint tripartite file, a single candidacy file to host the 2030 World Cup.
Morocco has become the second African and Arab country to have the honor of organizing the FIFA World Cup after South Africa and Qatar, while 36 years ago it was the first African country to nominate to organize the most important sporting event in the world (1994 edition), but it did not succeed in doing so.
In the first two attempts, the Moroccan bid lost to the United States in 1994 and then to France four years later. Unfortunately, the third time was not stable, as Morocco bid farewell to the competition to organize the 2006 edition in the first round, and Morocco was close to winning the race for the 2010 edition, which it won in the end. South Africa by four votes.
Morocco also lost another opportunity to organize the 2026 World Cup in its new format, which will witness the participation of 48 teams instead of 32, as the joint tripartite bid of the United States, Canada and Mexico won the honor of organizing.
The sixth attempt was successful, as Morocco won the honor of hosting the largest sporting event that will be held in the year 2030 after submitting an integrated file with Spain and Portugal.
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