Viva publishes nominations and selection on 13 June
FIFA announced on Monday that it will host the 2026 World Cup in Morocco on the one hand and the United States of America, Mexico and Canada on the other, adding that the host will be chosen on June 13. Sport - AFP In his fifth bid to host the finals and the first to organize a 48-team version, Morocco plans to host 12 stadiums, five of which will be ready now. Three more modern stadiums will be built, including the 93,000-seat Grand Casablanca stadium, the "long-awaited national stadium by the Moroccans," according to the Moroccan nomination file. The United States-Canada-Mexico triumphed over 23 selected cities (including 4 Canadian cities and 3 Mexicans) and the final list includes 16 stadiums with a capacity of 68,000 spectators, "built and functional". A five-member FIFA evaluation committee, including Deputy Secretary-General Marko Filiger and former Croatian international Zvonimir Boban, will go to the candidate countries and draw the two files, w...