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Morocco say they have joined Spain and Portugal in a three-way bid to host the 2030 Fifa World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n It is not clear what will happen to Ukraine’s role after the announcement by Morocco at Tuesday’s Fifa Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n It has been reported there were concerns due to the ongoing war and governance issues at the Ukraine Football Association.<\/span><\/p>\n Morocco caused a surprise at the 2022 World Cup as they became the first African side to reach the semi-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n They lost to France in the last four before being beaten by Croatia in the third-place play-off.<\/span><\/p>\n “I would like to announce that the Kingdom of Morocco has decided, together with Spain and Portugal, to present a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup,” Morocco’s King Mohammed VI said in a letter read by the country’s minister of sport Chakib Benmoussa in Kigali, where Fifa is hosting its 73rd congress.<\/span><\/p>\n “This joint bid, which is unprecedented in football history, will bring together Africa and Europe, the northern and southern Mediterranean, and the African, Arab and Euro-Mediterranean worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n “It will also bring out the best in all of us – in effect a combination of genius, creativity, experience and means.”<\/span><\/p>\n Morocco missed out to South Africa in the race to host the 2010 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay <\/span>have also submitted a joint bid<\/span><\/a> to host the 2030 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n