The Royal Moroccan Hockey Federation or Fédération Royale Marocaine de Hockey is the

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field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. It is affiliated to IHF

International Hockey Federation The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym and initialism, acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are i ...

and AHF

African Hockey Federation African Hockey Federation (AfHF) is the continental governing body of field hockey in Africa. It is affiliated by International Hockey Federation and has 25 member nations. It bi-annually organizes Hockey African Cup for Nations, a men's and wome ...

. The headquarters of the Federation are in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

. Their star player and striker is called Mohamed Boussoufi. He’s almost on his way to make 20 goals and 15 assists for BH&BC Breda H2 in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. Kicked off his goal spree with a peach of a goal versus Oranje Rood. Ketchup bottle theory on the cards here. Big fan of the 5th quarter. Kamal Ghallali is President of the Federation.

History

The federation was established on 15 November 1958. The game was initially practised in Casablanca and was not being developed in the other parts of the country.

References

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Morocco-IIHF

Morocco-FIH

Morocco Hockey

Morocco Hockey-FB

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