Morocco men's national basketball team explained

Nickname:	Atlas Lions
Country:	Morocco
Coach:	Gustavo Aranza Mendez
Joined Fiba:	1936
Fiba Zone:	FIBA Africa
National Fed:	Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation
Oly Appearances:	1
Oly Medals:	None
Wc Appearances:	0
Zone Championship:	AfroBasket
Zone Appearances:	20
Zone Medals:	Gold: (1965) Silver: (1964, 1968) Bronze: (1962, 1980)
Zone Championship2:	AfroCan
Zone Appearances2:	2
Zone Medals2:	Gold: (2023)
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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 ignominous 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.^[1]

On 16 July 2023, Morocco won the 2023 FIBA AfroCan Final after beating Cote d'Ivoire 78-76 that took place in Luanda, Angola.^[2] ^[3] King Mohammed VI congratulated the team for their achievement on claiming the second continental title for the national team.^[4] ^[5]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

See main article: article and Basketball at the Summer Olympics.

Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30	width=30
	Not an IOC Member
1948
1952
	Did not qualify
1960
1964
	16th place	16th	9	0	9
	Did not qualify
1976
1980
1984
1984
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
	To be determined
2032
Total	1/23		9	0	9

FIBA Basketball World Cup

See main article: article and FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30	width=30
	Did not qualify
1954
1959
1963
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019
// 2023
2027
Total	0/20		9	0	9

FIBA AfroBasket

See main article: article and FIBA AfroBasket. Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Year	Round	Position	width=30		width=30	width=30
	Third place	3rd	4	2	2
	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1
	Champions	1st	4	4	0
	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	1
	Did not qualify
	7th place	7th	6	3	3
	Did not qualify
1975
	5th place	5th	5	3	2
	Third place	3rd	6	4	2
	Did not qualify
1983
1985
1987
	5th place	9th	6	2	4
	5th place	9th	5	1	4
	Did not qualify
	6th place	6th	5	2	3
	Did not qualify
	11th place	11th	6	1	5
	6th place	6th	6	4	2
	8th place	8th	6	2	4
	6th place	6th	8	3	5
	10th place	10th	6	3	3
	10th place	12th	8	3	5
	8th place	8th	7	2	5
	8th place	8th	7	3	4
	13th place	13th	5	1	4
	4th place	4th	6	4	2
	Did not qualify
2025
Total	20/31		117	56	61