The Kingdom of Morocco have indicated interest in hosting the 2026
FIFA World Cup.
The deadline for the indication of interest was Friday.
The Confederation of African Football have earlier said that they
would support the North African nation if they submitted a formal bid
for the tournament.
The North American nations of United States of America, Canada and
Mexico had earlier this year indicated an interest in bidding for the
event as joint-host.
The 2026 World Cup would have 48 teams after FIFA increased the
participating nations from 32 earlier in the year.
This would not be the first time that Morocco would be bidding to host
the event. They had a failed bid for the 1994 World Cup that was held
in the United States and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
FIFA's rotational policy where continents that have recently hosted it
are prevented from hosting have given the Moroccans a chance with
Russia (2018) under Europe and Qatar (2022) under Asia both excluded
from the bidding process.
However, they face a formidable opponent in the North American joint bid.
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