Morocco national basketball team

Morocco
FIBA ranking	60
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation
Coach	Hassan Hachad
Nickname(s)	Atlas Lions
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Medals	None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances	19
Medals	Gold: 1965 Silver: 1964, 1968 Bronze: 1962, 1980
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Morocco national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Morocco. It is administrated by the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation.

Head coach position

• Moncho Monsalve – 2001
• Jean-Paul Rabatet
• Hassan Hachad – 2011–2013^[1]

Olympic Games

• 1968 Mexico City: 16th

African championship

Egypt 1962 : 3rd Morocco 1964 : 2nd Tunisia 1965 : Champion Morocco 1968 : 2nd Egypt 1970 : Did not participate Senegal 1972 : 7th Central African Rep. 1974 : Did not participate Egypt 1975 : Did not participate Senegal 1978 : 5th Morocco 1980 : 3rd Somalia 1981 : Did not participate Egypt 1983 : Did not participate Côte d'Ivoire 1985 : Did not participate Tunisia 1987 : Did not participate

Angola 1989 : 9th Egypt 1992 : 10th Kenya 1993 : Did not participate Algeria 1995 : 6th Senegal 1997 : Did not participate Angola 1999 : 11th Morocco 2001 : 6th Egypt 2003 : 8th Algeria 2005 : 6th Angola 2007 : 10th Libya 2009 : 12th Madagascar 2011 : 8th Côte d'Ivoire 2013 : 8th Tunisia 2015 : 13th

Mediterranean Games

• 2005 Almería: 8th

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2015: ^[2]

Morocco men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 4 Reda Ali Harras 21 – 24 November 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 6 Soufiane Kourodu 30 – 21 May 1985 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 7 Zakaria El Masbahi 36 – 29 March 1979 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Association Sportive de Salé 7 Abdelali Lahrichi 22 – 19 July 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 8 Mustapha Khalifi 35 – 1 January 1980 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 9 Omar Laanani 28 – 26 March 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 10 Mohamed Choua 22 – 25 December 1992 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 11 Abdelhakim Zouita 29 – 12 August 1986 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 13 Adil El Makssoud 30 – 12 December 1984 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 14 Kamal Hachad 32 – 22 July 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 15 Abderrahim Najah 30 – 20 November 1984 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mohamed Aboussalam 18 – 20 August 1996	Head coach Jad Fattouh Assistant coaches Anton Vujanic Abdelaziz Quarouach Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

Past rosters

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Team for the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.

Morocco men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club F 4 Harras, Reda Ali 19 – 24 November 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C 5 Rhalimi, Reda 31 – 2 February 1982 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Association Salé F 6 Najah, Abderrahim 28 – 20 November 1984 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Association Salé F 7 El Masbahi, Zakaria 34 – 29 March 1979 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Association Salé G 8 Khalfi, Mustapha 33 – 1 January 1980 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Chabab Rif Al Hoceima C 9 Hjira, Mohamed 32 – 19 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Chabab Rif Al Hoceima F/C 10 Zangui, Youssef 32 – 12 July 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) F 11 Zouita, Abdelhakim 27 – 12 August 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Association Salé G 12 Nadim, Soufiane 25 – 2 March 1988 FUS de Rabat C 13 Kourodu, Soufiane 28 – 21 May 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Association Salé 14 Lahrichi, Abdelali 20 – 19 July 1993 F/C 15 Idrissi, Younes 29 – 13 April 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Association Salé	Head coach Hassan Hachad Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 20 August 2013

References

1. Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.
2. Morocco | 2015 Afrobasket, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links

• Fédération Royale Marocaine de Basket-ball
• FIBA Prfile