Morocco Joins 2030 World Cup Bid

Morocco will join Spain and Portugal in a bid to host the 2030 World Cup, King Mohammed VI announced Tuesday.
In a letter read out by Minister of National Education Chakib Benmoussa during the CAF President’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2022 ceremony, the monarch said “the Kingdom of Morocco has decided, together with Spain and Portugal, to present a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup”.
“This joint bid, which is unprecedented in football history, will bring together Africa and Europe, the northern and southern Mediterranean, and the African, Arab and Euro-Mediterranean worlds”, added the Sovereign.
The monarch said that this participation “will also bring out the best in all of us – in effect, a combination of genius, creativity, experience, and means.”