{"id":107436,"date":"2023-10-06T10:28:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/caf-moroccos-hosting-of-2030-world-cup-will-boost-african-football\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T10:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:28:59","slug":"caf-moroccos-hosting-of-2030-world-cup-will-boost-african-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/caf-moroccos-hosting-of-2030-world-cup-will-boost-african-football\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF: Morocco\u2019s hosting of 2030 World Cup will boost African football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-06-094111-696x392-1.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-10-06 094111\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) congratulated Morocco and its partners, Portugal and Spain, for securing the hosting rights for the 2030 World Cup, highlighting the immense potential that the bid holds for the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCAF believes that Morocco\u2019s hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2030 will contribute significantly to the development and growth of football in Africa, particularly amongst the African youth whose population is the fastest growing youth population in the World,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0CAF in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The confederation noted that the 2030 World Cup will mark the second time in the tournament\u2019s 100-year history that Africa hosts it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>CAF President Patrice Motsepe expressed his confidence that the Morocco, Portugal, and Spain 2030 World Cup will be successful in the FIFA bidding process and obtain the FIFA Congress\u2019 approval.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that this collaboration reflects the unity between Africa and Europe in football and \u201cinspires all of us to work together and make the World a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Motsepe also thanked King Mohammed VI, as well as Morocco\u2019s government and people, for supporting the country\u2019s 2030 World Cup bid. He also extended his thanks to the CAF Member Associations for supporting this bid.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Motsepe highlighted that CAF is \u201cproud of the outstanding leadership\u201d of Fouzi Lekjaa, the President of the Moroccan Royal Federation of Football.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a02030 World Cup\u00a0will mark the first time that three continents host the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the official hosts, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina will host one match each to celebrate Marrakech tourism the 100th anniversary of the first-ever World Cup that was held in Uruguay in 1930.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the sporting event will feature 48 teams, who will play a total of 104 matches.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"mYqxUzPlTuU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teachers\u2019 Day Celebrations: Some educational workers unhappy about conditions of service (5-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mYqxUzPlTuU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) congratulated Morocco and its partners, Portugal and Spain, for securing the hosting rights for the 2030 World Cup, highlighting the immense potential that the bid holds for the African continent. \u201cCAF believes that Morocco\u2019s hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2030 will contribute significantly to the development and growth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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