n November 8, FIFA and the OCP Group opened at the Omar Ezzahraoui School in Benguerir the first of the thirty FIFA Arena mini-pitches their partnership is to install across the Kingdom in the coming months.
The agreement brings in the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and the Ministry of National Education, with OCP taking part through its subsidiary Evosport. The pitches go to schools first, and FIFA will supply balls, bibs and training equipment so that each one can host activities from the day it opens.
In a video message played at the ceremony, FIFA President Gianni Infantino recalled the goal of the program launched in 2025: at least a thousand mini-pitches near schools in underprivileged areas, around the world, by the 2031 FIFA Congress.
Morocco had joined the program in Meknes on November 5, 2025, becoming the fourth African country and the twelfth in the world to take part. The partnership with OCP is meant to speed up its rollout across the country.
Gianni Infantino also announced the first FIFA Arena Kids Cup Morocco, which will bring together young players from the first ten regions to be equipped, with the final to be played in Rabat in March 2027.
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FIFA - First of 30 FIFA Arena mini-pitches inaugurated in Morocco as part of OCP Group collaboration
