Division Excellence Explained

Division Excellence
Pixels:140
Organiser:FRMBB
First:1935
Country:Morocco
Confed:FIBA Africa
Teams:12
Relegation:1NDH
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Moroccan Throne Cup
Confed Cup:Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Champions:FUS Rabat (19 titles)
Season:2023–24
Most Champs:FUS Rabat (19 titles)
President:Mostafa Aourach
Tv:Arryadiya

The Division Excellence (DEX-H) is the top professional basketball league in Morocco. Founded in 1934, the league currently consists of 12 teams. The league is administered by the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation (FRMBB). The current defending champions are FUS RABAT, who defeated AS Salé in the 2023/2024 Botola Finals.[1]

Current clubs

The following 12 teams play in the Division Excellence during the 2023–24 season:[2] [3] [4]

TeamCity, ProvinceArena
AS SaléSaléSalle Bouazzaoui
ASFAR RABATRabatSalle Centre Sportif Des FAR
Wydad ACCasablancaSalle Complexe Mohamed V
Maghreb de FesFezSalle 11 Janvier
FUS RabatRabatSalle Ibn Rochd
IRT TangerTangerSalle Ziaten
Lixus LaracheLaracheSalle Maghreb El Jadid
Raja CACasablancaSalle Complexe Mohamed V
ASA Al HoceimaAl HoceimaSalle 3 Mars
KACM MarrakechMarrakechSalle Zerktouni
Majd TangerTangerSalle Ziaten
ASCEBBTantanSalle Omnisports de Tantan

Performance by club

TeamsWinnersWinning seasons
FUS RABAT ⭐19 1968، 1970، 1971، 1972، 1973، 1978، 1979، 1980، 1981، 1984، 1988، 1990، 1992، 1994، 1999، 2001، 2004، 2023, 2024
WYDAD AC ⭐10 1965، 1966، 1967، 1975، 1976 ، 1982، 1983، 1985، 2000، 2013
AS SALE92010، 2011، 2014، 2015، 2016، 2017، 2018، 2021، 2022
MAS FES51996، 1997، 1998، 2003، 2007
RU Casablanca 51935، 1936، 1937، 1941، 1942
TS Casablanca 41987، 1989، 1995، 2002
IR TANGER31993، 2008، 2009
ASFAR RABAT31964، 1969، 1986
AS Casablanca31957، 1962، 1963
OC KHOURIBGA31947، 1948، 1949
Raja CA 22005، 2006
CERCLE Casablanca 21974، 1977
A.S.P.T.T. Casablanca21950، 1951
B.U.S. Casablanca21946، 1956
RS BERKANE12012
BMCI Basket Club11991
CC Casablanca11961
Maghreb SR11960
US FES11945

Champions

The following is a list of all the Moroccan top-tier division champions (numbers in brackets denote the title number of the team):

Recent finals

Editionwidth=100Seasonwidth=200Championswidth=200Runners-upwidth=50Finals scorewidth=200Third place
722010 AS Salé (1)
732011 AS Salé (2)
742012Renaissance Berkane (1)
752013Wydad AC (10)
762014AS Salé (3)
772014–15AS Salé (4)
782015–16 AS Salé (5) Mouloudia Oujda Basket
792016–17 AS Salé (6) Wydad AC
802017–18 AS Salé (7) Not played
2018–19 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019–20
812020–21 AS Salé (8) FAR Rabat
822021–22AS Salé (9)FUS RabatNot played
832022–23FUS Rabat (18)MTB Majd Tanger3–1Ittihad Tanger
842023–24FUS Rabat (19)3–1Maghreb de Fes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 June 2022 . Basket: l'AS Salé championne du Maroc 2022 . 2022-07-01 . MSport.ma . fr-FR.
  2. Web site: Moroccan Basketball . Afrobasket.com . 21 April 2021.
  3. http://www.as-far.ma/fr/yoli-bahin-officiellement-a-lasfar-basketball/ Yoli BAHIN officiellement à l’ASFAR Basketball
  4. News: CLUBS DEX-H . 22 June 2021 . Fédération Royale Marocaine de BasketBall . fr-FR.