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
Year Round Position 1936 Not an IOC Member 1948 1952 1956 Did not qualify 1960 1964 1968 16th place 16th 9 0 9 1972 Did not qualify 1976 1980 1984 1984 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 To be determined 2032 Total1/23 9 0 9
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Year Round Position 1950 Did not qualify 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 // 2023 2027 2031To be determined Total0/21 9 0 9
FIBA AfroBasket
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Year Round Position 1962 Third place 3rd 4 2 2 1964 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 1965 Champions 1st 4 4 0 1968 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 1970 Did not qualify 1972 7th place 7th 6 3 3 1974 Did not qualify 1975 1978 5th place 5th 5 3 2 1980 Third place 3rd 6 4 2 1981 Did not qualify 1983 1985 1987 1989 5th place 9th 6 2 4 1992 5th place 9th 5 1 4 1993 Did not qualify 1995 6th place 6th 5 2 3 1997 Did not qualify 1999 11th place 11th 6 1 5 2001 6th place 6th 6 4 2 2003 8th place 8th 6 2 4 2005 6th place 6th 8 3 5 2007 10th place 10th 6 3 3 2009 10th place 12th 8 3 5 2011 8th place 8th 7 2 5 2013 8th place 8th 7 3 4 2015 13th place 13th 5 1 4 / 2017 4th place 4th 6 4 2 2021 Did not qualify 2025Total20/31 117 56 61
FIBA AfroCan
Champions Fourth place Year Round Position 2019 4th place 4th 6 33 2023 Champions 1st 6 51 2027 Qualified Total3/3 12 8 4
Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería: 8th
Team Current roster
Head coach position Moncho Monsalve – 2001 Jean-Paul Rabatet Sterling Wright – 2003 Hassan Hachad – 2011–2013Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013. Said El Bouzidi – 2017Morocco preliminary squad announced for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers, fiba.com, 7 March 2017. Accessed 7 March 2017. Labib El Hamrani – 2023–2024 Gustavo Aranza Mendez – 2024
Past rosters Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.
At the AfroBasket 2015:Morocco | 2015 Afrobasket, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
At the AfroBasket 2017:
Head coaches Naoufal Uariachi Said El Bouzidi Labib El Hamrani (June 2021–present)
Honours AfroBasket Champions (1): 1965 Runner-up: 1964, 1968 Third place: 1962, 1980
AfroCan Champions (1): 2023
Pan Arab Games Third place: 1961
Arab Basketball Championship Runner-up: 2005, 2017 Third place: 2000, 2009, 2010
References
See also Morocco men's national under-18 basketball team
External links Official website FIBA Profile