The Morocco national basketball team represents
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 t ...
in international
basketball
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competitions. The team is governed by the
Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation
The Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation ( ar, الجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة السلة, (FRMBB) is the governing body of basketball in Morocco. that was Formed in 1956, based in the capital city Rabat. The FRMBB is a ful ...
, 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
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, Morocco finished as runners-up.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
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1968 Mexico City: 16th
African championship
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Egypt 1962 : 3rd
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Morocco 1964 : 2nd
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Tunisia 1965 : Champion
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Morocco 1968 : 2nd
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Senegal 1972 : 7th
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Senegal 1978 : 5th
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Morocco 1980 : 3rd
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Angola 1989 : 9th
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Egypt 1992 : 10th
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Algeria 1995 : 6th
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Angola 1999 : 11th
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Morocco 2001 : 6th
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Egypt 2003 : 8th
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Algeria 2005 : 6th
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Angola 2007 : 10th
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Libya 2009 : 12th
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Madagascar 2011 : 8th
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Côte d'Ivoire 2013 : 8th
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Tunisia 2015 : 13th
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Senegal/Tunisia 2017 : 4th
Mediterranean Games
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2005 Almería: 8th
Team
Current roster
At the
AfroBasket 2017
FIBA AfroBasket 2017 was the 29th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. The tournament was jointly hosted by Tunisia and Senegal. Angola was proposed by FIBA Africa to host the tournament, an offer dec ...
:
Head coach position
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Moncho Monsalve
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– 2001
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Jean-Paul Rabatet
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Hassan Hachad – 2011–2013
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Said El Bouzidi – 2017
Past rosters
Team for the
2013 FIBA Africa Championship
AfroBasket 2013 was the 27th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Ivory Coast from August 20 to 31, all games were played at ...
.
At the
AfroBasket 2015
AfroBasket 2015 was the 28th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. It also served as the qualifying tournament for FIBA Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The tournament ...
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Head coaches
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Naoufal Uariachi
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Said El Bouzidi
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Labib El Hamrani (June 2021–present)
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morocco National Basketball Team
Men's national basketball teams
Basketball
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