2030 World Cup in Morocco: host cities and stadiums
The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th edition of the men's national-team tournament and the first to be staged partly in Morocco. On 11 December 2024 an extraordinary FIFA Congress, held online with all 211 member associations, appointed three hosts by acclamation: Morocco, Portugal and Spain. The tournament is planned for June and July 2030. To mark one hundred years since the first World Cup, three matches will also be played in South America, one each in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.
Morocco's six host cities
The joint bid lists 20 stadiums, 11 in Spain, 3 in Portugal and 6 in Morocco, against a FIFA minimum of 14. The Moroccan venues and their announced capacities:
City | Stadium | Announced capacity |
|---|---|---|
Casablanca | Hassan II Stadium (new) | 115,000 |
Tangier | Tangier Grand Stadium (Ibn Batouta) | about 75,000 |
Rabat | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium | 69,500 |
Fez | Fez Sports Complex stadium | about 55,000 |
Agadir | Adrar Stadium | 46,000 |
Marrakesh | Marrakesh Stadium | about 45,000 |
Published figures for Tangier, Fez and Marrakesh differ by a few hundred seats, so they are rounded here. The Hassan II Stadium, being built in the Casablanca region, has been described in the press as the future largest football stadium in the world. FIFA has not yet allocated matches to venues, so this is the list from the bid.
A dress rehearsal at AFCON 2025
Morocco hosted the Africa Cup of Nations from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026: 52 matches across 9 stadiums in 6 cities. Five of the World Cup venues were used, in Rabat (Prince Moulay Abdellah), Tangier, Fez, Marrakesh and Agadir. Only the Hassan II Stadium, still under construction, was missing.
A first for North Africa
2030 will be the first World Cup in Africa since 2010, the first in North Africa and the first spread across more than one confederation. For Morocco it is the sixth bid, after unsuccessful attempts for 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2026. On 14 March 2023 King Mohammed VI announced that the Kingdom would join the Spanish-Portuguese project. Spain will arrive as world champion, having beaten Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final on 19 July 2026, which makes it the first holder ever to host the next tournament.
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The centenary matches
The three South American fixtures will open the tournament. Uruguay will play at Montevideo's Estadio Centenario, the venue of the 1930 final; Argentina at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires; Paraguay at the new Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb stadium in Asunción. Together with Morocco, Spain and Portugal, all three qualify automatically as hosts.
What is still open
The number of teams is not settled. The event was awarded on the 48-team format used in 2026, but the South American confederation has proposed a one-off 64-team edition, which FIFA has not confirmed. The match schedule and the split of games between the 20 stadiums are also still to be published.
Morocco on the road to 2030
Already qualified, the Atlas Lions come off a 2026 World Cup that ended in the quarter-finals, a 2-0 defeat to France on 9 July, after knocking out the Netherlands on penalties and Canada 3-0. Morocco sits 7th in the October 2026 FIFA ranking, the highest African side. The 2026 campaign is covered in our 2026 World Cup article.
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