According to the Spanish daily As, Mohammed VI has appealed to King Felipe VI of Spain for a joint organization of the 2026 World Cup, integrating Portugal.
Morocco wants to organize the 2026 World Cup in conjunction with Spain. To achieve this, King Mohammed VI counts on the help of his Spanish counterpart King Felipe VI. This is reported by the Madrid sports daily As on March 7. The two countries are seeking to associate Portugal, a country with which Spain has proposed an Iberian coalition for the organization of the 2018 and 2022 editions of the World Cup.
Also according to the Spanish media, King Felipe VI is open to the idea of organizing such an event with his Moroccan neighbor, but only if the candidate has chances to prevail. The United States (America) is also an option for the organization of the next two World Cups (2018 and 2022) respectively for Russia (Europe) and Qatar (Asia) The principle of continental rotation.
The country of Uncle Sam wishes to organize it jointly with Mexico and Canada. However, according to the Spanish media, Donald Trump's new migration policy could be detrimental to the issue, because of the cold weather with Mexico over the issue of the separation wall that the US president intends to erect.
For the time being, a Morocco-Spain-Portugal bid would have the sole challenge of the trio of the American continent. However, despite the political disagreement between the United States and Mexico, it is still early to indicate a possible favorite. In addition, no applications have yet been formally declared. "There is still time, and FIFA will only decide to organize the 2026 World Cup in May 2020," said As.
Support of FIFA President
According to the daily in Madrid, the joint organization of the 2026 World Cup by Morocco and the countries of the Iberian Peninsula is viewed with a good eye by the president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantino. It would be a World Cup organized by Africa and Europe, but also by Christians and Muslims. "Infantino sees in this 2026 World Cup a unique opportunity for football to demonstrate that it can overcome differences but also an opportunity for FIFA to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and to get rid of its image Of corrupt organization, "says As.
The media also mentions two other reasons that give even more options to the candidacy: the fact that Morocco holds the record of candidatures for the organization of a World Cup (1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010) , But also the rejection of the Iberian candidature (Spain and Portugal) for the organization of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
The World Cup 2026 will be historic as it will be the first edition of a World Cup with 48 countries divided into 16 groups of three teams.