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CASABLANCA, Morocco, April 1-- Morocco is confident of staging the 2026 World Cup if the North African country is awarded the right to do so in the World Cup vote on June 13. Hicham El Amrani, the Chief Executive Officer of Morocco's 2026 Bid Committee, said that the size and location will be two advantages that Morocco enjoys over the joint bid from the United States, Canada and Mexico. "Our strength is our positioning, our location, " El Amrani said. "The World Cup is going to have 16 nations from Europe and nine from Africa that are within the same time-zone." Although Morocco's infrastructure is incomparable with those from the three North American countries, El Amrani said that with the Moroccan government fully behind the bid, they can have all the stadiums, transportation and other facilities ready in eight years time. "If the World Cup is to be held tomorrow, we could not host the tournament," El Amrani said. "But we have laid out plans in the bid book to provide 14 stadiums for the World Cup across 12 cities, with the center-point being an updated 93,000-capacity Grand Stade in Casablanca, which would host the World Cup final." El Amrani, who was the Secretary General of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) from 2011-2017, also assured the world that the World Cup will be held in Morocco without worry of security. "This is one of the strong points of Morocco," he said. "Morocco is lucky to have one of the best security apparatus around the world." | 
