How Will Morocco Perform at Their Home World Cup

The next World Cup in 2030 is set to take place in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. All three of these countries have performed exceptionally well in international tournaments over the years, so it will surely make for fascinating viewing. Each has won a major international tournament in the last decade, with Spain winning the 2026 World Cup and 2024 Euros, Portugal winning the 2016 Euros, and Morocco officially being declared as AFCON winners in 2025. This article will focus primarily on Morocco and whether they can progress even further in the World Cup after having strong tournaments in the last two competitions. Will Morocco be able to perform in front of a home crowd – or will the pressure be too much to take? Morocco recent World Cup performances In 2022, Morocco gave their best World Cup performance to date. They topped a group that consisted of Croatia, Belgium, and Canada (an extremely tough group by any stretch), and ended up making it to the semi-finals, beating Spain and Portugal in the process. In 2026, they impressed in the World Cup again by coming second in their group (with Brazil, Scotland and Haiti) and reaching the quarter-final, being narrowly beaten by France, who are the same team who knocked them out of the 2022 World Cup. For the next World Cup, Morocco will be hopeful to do something that no other African team has done before and make it to a World Cup final, perhaps even lifting the trophy at the end of it. They have an extremely strong squad of talented players, which includes attacking talent such as Brahim Diaz of Real Madrid and veteran goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, who has become notorious for his penalty-saving technique of standing still and sticking a hand out to block a shot. Bounou is currently 35, however, so there are question marks about whether he will be available to play at the next World Cup in four years. If they can keep the majority of their squad, they have a very decent chance of performing well, as they hold an incredible home record, where they haven't lost a home game in official competitions in 16 years! Let's just hope they don't come up against France… Fans can make predictions about how Morocco will perform in their home World Cup with prediction markets, which they can explore before registering with Novig. The trading platform offers a promo code to claim $25 in credits for new users who deposit $10. What we know about the World Cup in Morocco The most recent news of the 2030 World Cup is that there have been arguments between Spain and Morocco about which country deserves to host the final. Spain argues that they have the bigger sporting pedigree and infrastructure to host the competition, while Morocco is proposing a $12 billion infrastructure push which will lead to the establishment of a new 115,000-seat venue. Whoever gets the rights to host the final will greatly benefit from the home advantage (if the country makes it to the final) as well as the potential revenue that will flow into the country from thousands of spectators travelling to the country. So far, we know that Morocco is set to host World Cup games in six major cities: Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, Marrakech, Agadir, and Fez, with the new 115,000-seat stadium, Grand Stade Hassan II, set to be built in El Mansouria.