2026 World Cup : South Africa backtracks after announcing its support for the Moroccan bid

After openly supporting the Moroccan bid on April 16 for the 2026 World Cup, the South African Football Association (SAFA) is backing up.

Without having expressed its support for the US joint bid, the South African Football Association said Thursday in a communiqué that it had received the two presentations and that «it was made clear to both delegations that these presentations would be taken to SAFA NEC who will give the mandate to the delegates going to the FIFA Congress in Moscow in June on which bid to support».

By these words, «SAFA wants to reiterate that no decision has been taken at this stage on the matter on who to support», says the same source.

Last month, the federation asserted, in the person of its president Danny Jordaan, that South Africa would support the Moroccan bid. The official had even said in a statement, it would be 'great' for Africa to organize once again this international competition.