The Royal Moroccan Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Royale Marocaine de Rugby) is the governing body for

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. It is affiliated with the

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and is responsible for the Moroccan national team and the Moroccan Rugby Championship.

History

Morocco has never qualified for the

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; their best result is 16-all draw with

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in 1994 in the last stages of 1995 World Cup qualifying. Morocco lost the qualifying process for the 2007

. They were the winner of group ("B") with

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and

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, but lost both the home and away games against the winner of group A

. They lost twice with

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in January 2007, for a berth in the Rugby World Cup as Repechage 1.

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Rugby union in Morocco

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Sports organizations established in 1956 {{Rugbyunion-stub