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Morocco men's national basketball team
Moroccan basketball team
Moroccan basketball team
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nickname | Atlas Lions | |||
| country | Morocco | |||
| logo | Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation logo.png | |||
| logo_width | 130px | |||
| coach | Gustavo Aranza Mendez | |||
| fiba_poop | ||||
| joined_fiba | 1936 | |||
| fiba_zone | FIBA Africa | |||
| national_fed | Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation | |||
| oly_appearances | 1 | |||
| oly_medals | None | |||
| wc_appearances | 0 | |||
| zone_championship | AfroBasket | |||
| zone_appearances | 20 | |||
| zone_medals | [[File:Gold medal africa.svg | 16px]] Gold: (1965) | ||
| [[File:Silver medal africa.svg | 16px]] Silver: (1964, 1968) | |||
| [[File:Bronze medal africa.svg | 16px]] Bronze: (1962, 1980) | |||
| zone_championship2 | AfroCan | |||
| zone_appearances2 | 2 | |||
| zone_medals2 | [[File:Gold medal africa.svg | 16px]] Gold: (2023) | ||
| h_body | FF0000 | h_pattern_b=_thingreensides | h_shorts=FF0000 | |
| a_body | FF0000 | a_pattern_b=_thinsidesonwhite | a_shorts=FFFFFF |
The Morocco national basketball team represents Morocco in international basketball competitions. The team is governed by the Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation, also known as the FRMBB. The team has appeared at the FIBA AfroBasket 20 times and has won the gold medal in the 1965 tournament. In 1968, Morocco finished as runners-up.
The team made the Olympics once, in 1968, but went 0-9 in those games, holding the ignominious distinction of playing the most Olympic basketball games without winning any.
History
On the first edition of AfroCan, Morocco was placed 4th after losing the bronze medal to Angola.
On 16 July 2023, Morocco won the 2023 FIBA AfroCan Final after beating Cote d'Ivoire 78-76 that took place in Luanda, Angola. King Mohammed VI congratulated the team for their achievement on claiming the second continental title for the national team.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
Main article: Basketball at the Summer Olympics
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | Total | 1/23 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazi Germany 1936 | Not an IOC Member | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom 1948 | |||||||||||||
| Finland 1952 | |||||||||||||
| AUS 1956 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| ITA 1960 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 1964 | |||||||||||||
| MEX 1968 | 16th place | 16th | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| West Germany 1972 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| CAN 1976 | |||||||||||||
| Soviet Union 1980 | |||||||||||||
| USA 1984 | |||||||||||||
| KOR 1984 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 1992 | |||||||||||||
| USA 1996 | |||||||||||||
| AUS 2000 | |||||||||||||
| GRE 2004 | |||||||||||||
| CHN 2008 | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom 2012 | |||||||||||||
| BRA 2016 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 2020 | |||||||||||||
| FRA 2024 | |||||||||||||
| USA 2028 | To be determined | ||||||||||||
| AUS 2032 |
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | Total | 0/20 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina 1950 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| BRA 1954 | |||||||||||||
| CHI 1959 | |||||||||||||
| BRA 1963 | |||||||||||||
| URU 1967 | |||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia 1970 | |||||||||||||
| PUR 1974 | |||||||||||||
| PHI 1978 | |||||||||||||
| COL 1982 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 1986 | |||||||||||||
| ARG 1990 | |||||||||||||
| CAN 1994 | |||||||||||||
| GRE 1998 | |||||||||||||
| USA 2002 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 2006 | |||||||||||||
| TUR 2010 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 2014 | |||||||||||||
| CHN 2019 | |||||||||||||
| PHI/JPN/IDN 2023 | |||||||||||||
| QAT 2027 |
FIBA AfroBasket
Main article: FIBA AfroBasket
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Fourth place
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | Total | colspan=2 | 20/31 | 117 | 56 | 61 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGY 1962 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MAR 1964 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TUN 1965 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MAR 1968 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| EGY 1970 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| SEN 1972 | 7th place | 7th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| CAF 1974 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| EGY 1975 | |||||||||||||||
| EGY 1978 | 5th place | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MAR 1980 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| SOM 1981 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| EGY 1983 | |||||||||||||||
| CIV 1985 | |||||||||||||||
| TUN 1987 | |||||||||||||||
| EGY 1989 | 5th place | 9th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| EGY 1992 | 5th place | 9th | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| KEN 1993 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| ALG 1995 | 6th place | 6th | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| SEN 1997 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| ANG 1999 | 11th place | 11th | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| MAR 2001 | 6th place | 6th | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| EGY 2003 | 8th place | 8th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| ALG 2005 | 6th place | 6th | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| ANG 2007 | 10th place | 10th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| LBY 2009 | 10th place | 12th | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| ANG 2011 | 8th place | 8th | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| CIV 2013 | 8th place | 8th | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| TUN 2015 | 13th place | 13th | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| SEN/TUN 2017 | 4th place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| RWA 2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| ANG 2025 |
FIBA AfroCan
Main article: FIBA AfroCan
Champions
Fourth place
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | Total | 2/2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLI 2019 | 4th place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| ANG 2023 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Mediterranean Games
- 2005 Almería: 8th
Team
Current roster
- ESP Gustavo Aranzana
- MAR Mohamed Nizar Mesbahi
Head coach position
- ESP Moncho Monsalve – 2001
- Jean-Paul Rabatet
- USA Sterling Wright – 2003
- Hassan Hachad – 2011–2013
- Said El Bouzidi – 2017
- Labib El Hamrani – 2023–2024
- ESP Gustavo Aranza Mendez – 2024
Past rosters
Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.
- Hassan Hachad
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 20 August 2013
At the AfroBasket 2015:
- Jad Fattouh
- Anton Vujanic
- Abdelaziz Quarouach
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 19 August 2015
At the AfroBasket 2017:
- MAR Said El Bouzidi
- MAR Hamrani Labib
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 8 September 2017
Head coaches
- MAR Naoufal Uariachi
- MAR Said El Bouzidi
- MAR Labib El Hamrani (June 2021–present)
Honours
AfroBasket
- [[File:Gold medal africa.svg|15px]] Champions (1): 1965 : [[File:Silver medal africa.svg|15px]] Runner-up: 1964, 1968 : [[File:Bronze medal africa.svg|15px]] Third place: 1962, 1980
AfroCan
- [[File:Gold medal africa.svg|15px]] Champions (1): 2023
Pan Arab Games : Third place: 1961
Arab Basketball Championship : Runner-up: 2005, 2017 : Third place: 2000, 2009, 2010
References
References
- "Democratic Republic of Congo claim FIBA AfroCan 2019 title".
- "Morocco win the 2023 FIBA AfroCan".
- (2023-07-16). "منتخب المغرب يظفر ببطولة إفريقيا لكرة السلة".
- Zouiten, Sara. "King Mohammed VI Congratulates Moroccan Basketball Team on AfroCan Victory".
- (2023-07-18). "الملك يهنئ "الأسود المحلية" لكرة السلة".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130502000231/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/colu/p/newsid/55390/arti.html Head coaches], fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170308050311/http://www.fiba.com/news/moroccos-preliminary-squad-announced-for-fiba-afrobasket-2017-qualifiers Morocco preliminary squad announced for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers], fiba.com, 7 March 2017. Accessed 7 March 2017.
- [https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/11379/tid/331//2015_Afrobasket/index.html Morocco. 2015 Afrobasket]{{dead link. (April 2025)
- (15 June 2021). "Morocco bring new head coach in last bid for AfroBasket qualification". FIBA.basketball.
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