Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid

2030 FIFA World Cup Bid
Morocco 2030
المغرب 2030
Maroc 2030
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Teams 48 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) TBA (in TBA host cities)

The Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid is a bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup by Morocco.[1][2][3][4][5] The bid was announced and it will be led by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The bid was officially confirmed on 15 June 2018.[2]

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 country after the 2022 tournament in Qatar, as well as the first time in North Africa.[7]

Possible joint bid

Morocco is potentially planning on a joint bid with Algeria and Tunisia.[8]

On 29 September 2018, the executive board of the Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) announced that it will submit a tri-partite bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[9][10]

Potential venues

For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it has been confirmed that stadiums must have a capacity of at least 40,000 for group round matches and second round matches, 40,000 for quarter final and 60,000 for the semi-finals and at least 80,000 for the Opening Match and Final.

Potential Venues in Morocco

StadiumCityCapacity
Grand Stade de CasablancaCasablanca93,000 (Planned Opening in 2025)
Stade Mohamed VCasablanca67,000
Stade du Prince Moulay AbdallahRabat52,000
Grand Stade de OujdaOujda50,000 (Planned Opening in 2022)
Stade AdrarAdrar45,480
Stade de MarrakechMarrakech45,240
Fez StadiumFez45,000
Stade de TangerTanger45,000
Grand Stade de TetouanTetouan40,410 (Planned Opening in 2019)
Stade Municipal de KenitraKenitra40,000
Al Hoceima New StadiumAl Hoceima40,000 (Planned Opening in 2020)
Honneur StadiumOujda35,000 (Possible Expansion to 43,750)

Potential Venues in Algeria

StadiumCityCapacity
July 5, 1962 StadiumAlgiers64,000 (Planned expansion to 80,000)
May 19, 1956 StadiumAnnaba58,200 (Possible Renovation)
Stade Abdelkader KhalefTizi Ouzou50,766 (Planned opening in 2018)
New Sétif StadiumSétif50,000 (Planned opening in 2022)
New Constantine StadiumConstantine50,000 (Planned opening in 2022)
Oran Olympic StadiumOran40,143 (Planned Opening in 2018)
Abdelhamid Kermali StadiumBaraki, Algiers40,000 (Planned Opening in 2018)
Douera Sportpark StadiumDouéra, Algiers40,000 (Planned Opening in 2021)
Grand complexe sportif ChlefChlef40,000 (Planned Opening in 2022)

Potential Venues in Tunisia

StadiumCityCapacity
Stade Olympique de RadèsRadès60,000
Stade Olympique d'El MenzahTunis45,000
Stade Olympique de SousseSousse30,000 (Possible expansion to 49,000)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Morocco Will Bid Again to Host 2030 World Cup".
  2. 1 2 "Zetchi : Pour une coupe du monde " Algérie-Tunisie-Maroc " en 2030 - Algerie Direct". 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.
  7. ↑ "Morocco announces fresh World Cup bid after defeat". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Zetchi : Pour une coupe du monde "Algérie-Tunisie-Maroc" en 2030 – Algerie Direct". Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "UNAF to prepare three-way file to host 2030 World Cup in Africa". KingFut. 1 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "بلاغ : قرارات المكتب التنفيذي لاتحاد شمال افريقيا" (in Arabic). UNAF. 1 October 2018.
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