Few days ahead of submitting its bid books with all details to the FIFA, Morocco is banking on its comparative advantage offering a compact tournament in the face of the joint Canada/Mexico/United States bid for the expanded 48-team finals, Forbes wrote. “Attractive destinations, short travel times between venues, and perhaps most importantly, a time zone that falls smack-bang in the middle of where FIFA makes the majority of its TV rights revenues—Morocco’s 2026 World Cup bid looks pretty strong,” said Steve Price in an article on Forbes. He enumerated Morocco’s strong points saying the country is offering a compact World Cup so that players and fans can spend less time traveling and more time focusing on the soccer. He went on highlighting the advantages of a world cup in Morocco in terms of expenses saying that Morocco promises a World Cup that will be affordable for supporters. But to win, Morocco will need the votes of the 104 member associations in FIFA.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 05, 2018 00:00 UTC