Morocco men's national handball team

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Information
NicknameAtlas Lions
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Handball Federation
CoachAbdessalam Mesbah
Assistant coachHicham Khoufaify
CaptainAlae Laaroussi
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1995)
Best result17th (1999)
African Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1987)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2006, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.
Morocco men's national handball team
Medal record
African Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Tunisia
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Egypt
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Morocco
Arab Games
Silver medal – second place 1961 Morocco
Silver medal – second place 1999 Jordania
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Morocco

The Moroccan national handball team is the national handball team of Morocco and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Handball Federation based in Rabat, Morocco.

Results

World Championship

Edition Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA GD
Germany 1938 Germany Did not enter
Sweden 1954 Sweden
East Germany 1958 East Germany
West Germany 1961 West Germany
Czechoslovakia 1964 Czechoslovakia
Sweden 1967 Sweden
France 1970 France
East Germany 1974 East Germany
Denmark 1978 Denmark
West Germany 1982 West Germany
Switzerland 1986 Switzerland
Czechoslovakia 1990 Czechoslovaki
Sweden 1993 Sweden Did not Qualified
Iceland 1995 Iceland Preliminary round 22nd of 24 5 0 0 5 93 149 -56
Japan 1997 Japan Preliminary round 23rd of 24 5 0 0 5 90 141 -51
Egypt 1999 Egypt Preliminary round 17th of 24 5 0 3 2 100 117 -17
France 2001 France Preliminary round 22nd of 24 5 0 0 5 112 162 -40
Portugal 2003 Portugal Preliminary round 23rd of 24 5 0 0 5 113 145 −32
Tunisia 2005 Tunisia Did not Qualified
Germany 2007 Germany President's Cup 20th of 24 6 2 0 4 165 193 −28
Croatia 2009 Croatia Did not Qualified
Sweden 2011 Sweden
Spain 2013 Spain
Qatar 2015 Qatar
France 2017 France
Denmark/Germany 2019 Denmark/Germany
Egypt 2021 Egypt President's Cup 29th of 32 7 1 1 5 167 206 -39
Poland/Sweden 2023 Poland/Sweden President's Cup 30th of 32 7 1 0 6 178 223 -45
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway Did not Qualified
Germany 2027 Germany TBD
France/Germany 2029 France/Germany
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031 Denmark/Iceland/Norway
Total 8/32 0 Titles 45 4 4 37 1018 1336 −318
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

African Championship

Edition Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD

Tunisia 1974 Tunisia

Did not Qualified
Algeria 1976 Algeria Did not Qualified
Republic of the Congo 1979 People's Republic of the Congo Did not Qualified
Tunisia 1981 Tunisia Did not Qualified
Egypt 1983 Egypt Did not Qualified
Angola 1985 Angola Did not Qualified
Morocco 1987 Morocco Preliminary round 8th place 4 0 1 3 73 88 -15
Algeria 1989 Algeria Preliminary round 5th place 4 1 1 2 72 77 -5
Egypt 1991 Egypt Bronze Medal Match 4th place 6 3 1 2 -7
Ivory Coast 1992 Ivory Coast Match of 7th place 7th place 3 1 0 2 87 47 +40
Tunisia 1994 Tunisia Bronze Medal Match 4th place 5 2 0 3 91 75 +15
Benin 1996 Benin Bronze Medal Match 4th place 6 4 0 2 134 128 +6
South Africa 1998 South Africa Preliminary round 5th place 5 3 0 2 108 111 +3
Algeria 2000 Algeria Bronze Medal Match 4th place 6 3 1 2 136 113 +23
Morocco 2002 Morocco Bronze Medal Match 4th place 5 3 0 2 158 102 +56
Egypt 2004 Egypt Second round 6th place 6 2 0 4 158 185 -27
Tunisia 2006 Tunisia Bronze Medal Match 3rd place 7 5 0 2 184 129 +55
Angola 2008 Angola Preliminary round 8th place 5 1 0 4 122 144 -22
Egypt 2010 Egypt Main round 6th place 6 2 0 4 148 186 -38
Morocco 2012 Morocco Bronze Medal Match 4th place 8 5 0 3 183 196 -13
Algeria 2014 Algeria Quarter Finals 6th place 8 4 0 4 222 199 +23
Egypt 2016 Egypt Quarter finals 5th place 6 3 0 3 136 147 -11
Gabon 2018 Gabon Bronze Medal Match 4th place 7 3 0 5 180 196 +19
Tunisia 2020 Tunisia Main round 6th place 8 4 0 4 247 223 +24
Egypt 2022 Egypt Bronze Medal Match 3rd place 5 3 0 2 130 135 -5
Egypt 2024 Egypt Quarter finals 7th place 6 3 0 3 169 171 -2
Total 20/26 0 Titles 117 55 4 59 2767 2731 +36



African Games

Edition Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Morocco 2019 Morocco Semi finals 3rd place 6 4 0 2 190 122 +68
Total 1/13 0 Titles 6 4 0 2 190 122 +68

Mediterranean Games

Edition Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Morocco 1983 Morocco Preliminary Round 7th place 5 2 1 2 96 87 +9
Italy 1997 Italy Preliminary Round 11th place 5 1 0 4 97 123 -26
Tunisia 2001 Tunisia Preliminary Round 10th place 4 1 0 3 118 136 -18
Total 3/11 0 Titles 14 4 1 9 311 346 -35

Arab Games

Year Position
Morocco 1961 Runners-up
Morocco 1985 3rd place
Jordan 1999 Runners-up
Egypt 2007 5th place
Qatar 2011 6th place
Total 5/9


Islamic Solidarity Games

Edition Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Saudi Arabia 2005 Saudi Arabia Qualifying round 6th place 5 1 0 4 153 168 -15
Azerbaijan 2017 Azerbaijan Preliminary Round 6th place 4 2 0 2 98 99 -1
Turkey 2021 Turkey Preliminary Round 6th place 3 0 0 3 45 61 -16
Total 3/3 0 Titles 12 3 0 9 296 328 -32

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Noureddine Bouhaddioui

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
11 RW Ibs Brahimi (2011-06-03) 3 June 2011 1.84 m 33 101 United States WeR1 Handball
8 CB Mohamed Bentaleb (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 1.90 m 54 109 Morocco AS FAR
9 LB Mohamed Zaher (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 1.90 m 16 2 Morocco AS FAR
12 GK Alae Laaroussi (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 1.90 m 61 6 Morocco Mountada El Fida
13 RB Hicham El Hakimy (1989-12-05) 5 December 1989 1.91 m 48 154 Morocco AS FAR
14 CB Adam Arbaa (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 1.80 m 3 5 France Torcy Handball Marne La Vallée
16 GK Jamal Ouaali (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 1.93 m 10 2 Morocco Raja d'Agadir
19 RW Redouane Braout (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 1.80 m 34 39 Morocco Raja d'Agadir
20 LW Ryad Lakbi (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 1.80 m 56 122 France Caen Handball
21 RB Nacym Fougani (2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 1.83 m 29 47 France Tremblay-en-France Handball
46 CB Amine Harchaoui (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 1.87 m 47 137 Saudi Arabia Al Wehda
89 LB Yassine Belhou (1988-12-26) 26 December 1988 1.81 m 12 25 Morocco Raja d'Agadir
92 LB Hassan El-Kachradi (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 1.80 m 15 18 Morocco Raja d'Agadir
94 P Mehdi Ismaïli Alaoui (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 1.91 m 59 66 France HBC Franconville
97 P Saïd El Malki (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 1.98 m 37 95 Morocco Mountada El Fida
99 P Nabil Slassi (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 1.94 m 38 65 France Caen Handball

Famous past players

  • Mohamed Berraja
  • Ismail Bouhadioui
  • Mohamed Nouri
  • Karim Bouhadioui
  • Payton Kuhn
  • Connor Erdman

References

  1. ^ "Handball : ultimes réglages pour les Lions de l'Atlas avant le Mondial 2023" (in French). lematin.ma. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Morocco" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.


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