Morocco Aims for 2030 World Cup Bid After Historic Qatar Performance

After losing the organization of the 2026 World Cup to the USA-Canada-Mexico trio and gaining valuable experience - as the first African and Arab country to reach the semi-finals - at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar won by Lionel Messi’s Argentina, Morocco is coming back into the race. It will be a candidate again for 2030. "We wanted this organization to be shared between the African continent and the European continent," Fouzi Lekjaa, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), told Associated Press. "In order to show the world that the relationship between Africa and Europe is not just the relationship of illegal immigration. It is rather a relationship in which civilizations can meet."

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A joint bid between Morocco and Spain is possible. "We are only 14 km away," Fouzi Lekjaa points out. Today, Morocco has important assets against the competition. 2030 will mark the centenary of the World Cup. Uruguay, the initial host of the 1930 World Cup, is bidding jointly with Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. Elected African delegate to the FIFA Governing Council since 2021, since his membership last year, Fouzi Lekjaa, Moroccan Minister in charge of the Budget, can use his influence for the success of Morocco’s new bid. "Now we are seeking to be a key player in the international dimension within FIFA," he acknowledged.