Belgium Endorses Morocco’s 2026 World Cup Bid

Rabat- Morocco’s 2026 World Cup Bid is impressing the world. After Russia, Serbia, and Luxembourg, President of the Belgian Football Feeration Gerard Linard announced his country’s intention to vote for Morocco’s bid.

The European nation has decided to vote for Morocco to host the 2026 World Cup, according to a statement issued by the Moroccan Royal Football Federation (FRMF).

The Belgian official unveiled his country’s support for the 2026 World Cup during a meeting in Brussels with the President of FRMF, Fouzi Lekjaa.

Linard was accompanied during the meeting by Belgian-Moroccan Minister of Youth Aid to the Belgian Government Rachid Madrane.

Lekjaa seized the opportunity to express Morocco’s gratitude to Belgium for supporting the North African bid, as well as for reiterating the strong bond between the two nations in different fields.

Lekjaa has been touring Europe along with a Moroccan delegation composed of the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Rkia Derham, FRMF Second Vice President Mohamed Joudar, and the former Moroccan athlete, Nezha Bidouan.

The Moroccan delegation has been successful in spreading Morocco’s bid influence in several countries, including Serbia and Luxembourg. Recently,  Lekjaa and his cohort introduced Morocco’s bid in the aforementioned European countries and managed to convince them to vote for the Moroccan bid.

Morocco officially submitted its bid book to FIFA on March 15. The application has received the support of many countries from different corners of the world, including, Botswana, Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, and France.

Two hundred eleven international football federations will vote for their favorite bid in Moscow on the eve of the launch of 2018 World Cup in Russia on June 13.

The country’s bid, which also represents Africa, is determined to clinch the most international votes to win the right to host the massive tournament.