{"id":211325,"date":"2025-06-24T20:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211325\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T20:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:47:09","slug":"morocco-spain-others-jostle-to-host-fifa-club-world-cup-heritage-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211325\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco, Spain, Others Jostle To Host FIFA Club World Cup \u2013 Heritage Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Victor Kanayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four countries including Morocco, are battling to host the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Others vying to host the prestigious tournament are Spain, Brazil, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The current edition of the Club World Cup, expanded to 32 teams, is ongoing in the United States from June 14 to July 13.<\/p>\n<p>By 2029, the tournament is expected to grow to a 48-team format, making it the largest edition in its history.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco sees the 2029 tournament as a perfect opportunity to conduct a large-scale test ahead of co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Spain has also expressed interest in staging the 2029 Club World Cup, further intensifying the sporting rivalry between both nations.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries are already locked in a dispute over the venue for the 2030 World Cup final, with Morocco proposing the Grand Stade Hassan II in Benslimane, while Spain favours the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The United States, hosting the expanded tournament for the first time this year, is seeking to bring the event back in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil has also entered the race, aiming to host the Club World Cup for the first time in its history, completing the list of four contenders for the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Victor Kanayo Four countries including Morocco, are battling to host the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. Others&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-211325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114740307178844081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}