President of the Confederation of African Football Dr Ahmad Ahmad has offered his backing for Morocco to win their 2026 FIFA World Cup bid.
Morocco are the only African country to officially announce to intentions of hosting the 2026 World Cup.
The one-time Africa champions are competing against a joint bid from North America’s three most powerful nations – USA, Canada and Mexico.
The country has previously failed in bids to host the 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010 editions of the global showpiece.
“Africa is the second biggest confederation in the world but have only hosted the tournament once before [South Africa 2010],” Ahmad told the media in Ghana after being conferred with an honorary Doctorate Degree by the University of Professional Studies, Accra.
“We know the benefits of hosting this competition and we are supporting the king of Morocco to make Africa proud because his country has the facilities to organize it.
“Nobody can say now that Africa is not ready to host the world cup. We are ready,” Ahmad said.
A week ago, in an interview with AFP, Ahmad urged Europe to vote for Morocco’s bid and promised to return the favor when a European nation bids for the competition in future.
Ahmad reiterated that point to the Ghanaian media in Accra, saying: “Most of the countries in Caf believe that we have to all vote [for Morocco] and we have to convince countries in other confederations to help us host this tournament in 2026.”