Youssef Belqasmi, chairman of the board of the national company for the realization and management of stadiums (SONARGES), assured that the construction of the Grand Stade de Casablanca in Benslimane, in preparation for the 2030 World Cup, will be completed on time. Other stadiums in the kingdom will also be renovated according to CAF standards, in the perspective of the 2025 CAN.
Fouzi Lekjaâ , president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), looked back on the dismissal of Franco-Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodžić and his replacement by Moroccan Walid Regragui, three months before the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Without failing to mention the exploit of the Atlas Lions at this major sporting event and the joint organization of the 2030 World Cup by Morocco, Spain and Portugal.
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is working to strengthen its fleet of aircraft before the 2030 World Cup that Morocco is co-hosting with Spain and Portugal. The goal is to have 130 aircraft to contribute to the success of this event.
In the perspective of organizing the 2030 FIFA World Cup, alongside Spain and Portugal, Morocco is working on the development of its infrastructure.
A candidate for the co-organization of the 2030 World Cup alongside Morocco and Portugal, Spain is in difficulty. UEFA and FIFA suspect the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) of political interference and have set an ultimatum for the Spanish government to clarify the placement of the RFEF under trusteeship, accused of corruption.
The cost of the project to build a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar that will connect Morocco and Spain, but also Africa and Europe, before the 2030 World Cup that the two countries are co-hosting with Portugal, is now known.
The Sword of Damocles hangs over Spanish football. UEFA and FIFA, who suspect the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) of political interference, could exclude La Roja from the next Euro to be held in Germany and exclude Spain from co-hosting the World Cup with Morocco and Portugal.
The National Agency for Public Equipment is relaunching its international call for tenders to equip the stands of the stadiums in Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Fès, planned for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
The National Society for the Study of the Strait of Gibraltar (SNED) denies the information stating that the in-depth studies of the project for a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar connecting the two countries, as well as Africa and Europe, have been completed before the 2030 World Cup that Morocco and Spain are co-hosting with Portugal, and that construction work will start as early as next year.
Morocco is striving to develop its motorway network and modernize the road network. Several major projects are or will be implemented to change the country’s landscape by 2030, the year the kingdom will co-host the World Cup with Spain and Portugal.
The recent visit to Morocco of FIFA President Gianni Infantino to attend the final of the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, won for the third consecutive time by the Atlas Lions, has raised concerns in Spain. The two co-hosts of the 2030 World Cup with Portugal have expressed their desire to host the final of the competition.
Morocco and Spain are each fighting to host the 2030 World Cup final that they are co-organizing with Portugal.