African football’s governing body, CAF, has unanimously reached a decision to back Morocco’s bid to jointly host the 2030 FFA World Cup alongside Portugal and Spain.CAF’s decision is a big blow to Egypt, which is equally keen on hosting the world’s premier football tournament. The North African nation was preparing a bid alongside Greece and Saudi Arabia.The decision was reached during a CAF Exco videoconference held on Wednesday.##NAJAVA_MECA_7153429##”The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) Executive Committee unanimously agreed on behalf of African Football to support Morocco’s FIFA World Cup 2030 bid. Morocco recently announced at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali that it is bidding to host the FIFA World Cup 2030 in partnership with Spain and Portugal,” read a statement from CAF in part.CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe described the Moroccan bid as the only bid of the continent and said that CAF would work with other global stakeholders to ensure its success.”The unanimous decision that was taken by the CAF Executive Committee to support Morocco’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2030 means that the bid of Morocco is now the bid of the African continent. We are now focusing on ensuring that Africa once again hosts the FIFA World Cup and are committed to working together with all football national associations and confederations to make this happen,” the football chief said.CAF has also opened the bid for hosting the 2027 African Cup of Nations after inquiries from a number of member associations and governments. The winner of the 20225 and 2027 bids will be announced before September. Morocco is considered the favorite for the 2025 bid.Official: CAF announce that Morocco’s FIFA World Cup 2030 bid “is now the bid of the African Continent”, as President Motsepe puts it.Statement says CAF “is working together with all Football National Associations and Confederations to make this happen.” pic.twitter.com/cMusX0FNDV— Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) April 6, 2023 “A decision was also taken by CAF to open the bid for hosting the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 because of the requests by numerous CAF Member Associations and their governments to host the AFCON competition. CAF will announce the successful nations that will host the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 and the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 at the same time before September this year”.The CAF Exco also discussed the CAF Super League which is set to start later this year.”The CAF Executive Committee was also updated on the substantial progress that is being made in relation to the inaugural African Super League that will kick off later this year.”Okanda elated after opening homeboyz Account
