{"id":28149,"date":"2026-07-01T03:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/28149\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T03:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:05:07","slug":"fifa-world-cup-fans-clash-with-police-in-the-hague-after-morocco-upsets-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/28149\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup fans clash with police in The Hague after Morocco upsets the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer fans clashed with police in The Hague and celebrated in Casablanca after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/29\/sports\/netherlands-vs-morocco-live-updates-world-cup-2026-score-news-and-highlights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morocco sent the Netherlands to its earliest\u00a0World Cup\u00a0exit<\/a>,\u00a0eliminating the Dutch on penalties\u00a0on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/30\/sports\/netherlands-knocked-out-of-world-cup-2026-in-most-crushing-way-possible\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Netherlands<\/a> has a sizable Moroccan community and fans of the\u00a0Morocco soccer team\u00a0were in a festive mood after the win, though sporadic clashes also erupted.<\/p>\n<p>Police in The Hague said \u201cheavy fireworks were set off\u201d in the Schilderswijk district, and that police officers were pelted with fireworks and stones. <\/p>\n<p>Soccer fans got into it with police in The Hague after Morocco upset the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup on Monday night. JOHN VAN DER TOL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Riot squads charged the crowd and used a water cannon to break up the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few individuals have been arrested for committing open violence,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>As the penalty shootout reached its climax, the tense silence inside a coffee shop popular with fans in Casablanca, Morocco\u2019s largest city, gave way to a deafening roar when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/13\/sports\/brazil-and-morocco-put-on-show-in-world-cup-metlife-stadium-opener\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ismael Saibari<\/a> buried the decisive spot kick, sending his team into the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations soon poured into the streets, with flares and fireworks cracking overhead, horns blaring and engines revving as fans celebrated deep into the night.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that \u201cheavy fireworks were set off\u201d in the Schilderswijk district, while also noting that \u201ca few individuals have been arrested for committing open violence.\u201d AP Photo\/Mouneb Taim<\/p>\n<p>Morocco fans celebrate after their team\u2019s victory against the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup on Monday, June 29, 2026. JOHN VAN DER TOL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Police confronts Moroccan fans celebrate after a World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Morocco in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June30, 2026.  AP Photo\/Mouneb Taim<\/p>\n<p>Despite the late kickoff and the workday ahead, dozens of jubilant fans gathered on a main boulevard in Casablanca around 5 a.m. local time, dancing in the streets, waving Moroccan flags and chanting, \u201cCanada, we\u2019re coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morocco moved on to face co-host Canada in the next round on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>The Atlas Lions previously beat Canada 2-1 in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Expectations are soaring in Morocco as supporters dream of another historic run like four years ago, when the country became the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soccer fans clashed with police in The Hague and celebrated in Casablanca after Morocco sent the Netherlands to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5618,7866,3730,366,42,216,4159],"class_list":["post-28149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-hague","tag-fifa","tag-morocco","tag-police","tag-sports","tag-the-hague","tag-the-netherlands","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}