2022–23 Division Excellence | |
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Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 9 October 2022 – 4 July 2023 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Regular season | |
Top seed | FUS Rabat |
Season MVP | Abdelhakim Zouita (FUS Rabat) |
Playoffs | |
Finals champions | FUS Rabat (18th title) |
Runners-up | MTB Majd Tanger |
The 2022-23 Division Excellence was the 83rd season of the Division Excellence (DEX-H), the top-level basketball league in Morocco. The season began on and ended on 9 October 2022 with the regular season and ended on 4 July 2023 with the last game of the finals. [1]
FUS Rabat won its 18th national championship, ending a 19-year drought. [2]
The regular season was decreased from 13 to 12 teams.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FUS Rabat | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1629 | 1318 | +311 | 36 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | MTB Majd Tanger | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1531 | 1390 | +141 | 34 | |
3 | AS Salé | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1499 | 1259 | +240 | 33 | |
4 | AS FAR | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1408 | 1325 | +83 | 32 | |
5 | IRT Ittihad Tanger | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1448 | 1374 | +74 | 32 | |
6 | MAS Fes | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1463 | 1447 | +16 | 31 | |
7 | KAC Marrakech | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1571 | 1520 | +51 | 30 | |
8 | Wydad AC | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1280 | 1317 | −37 | 28 | |
9 | Raja CA | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1480 | 1496 | −16 | 28 | |
10 | AS Lixus Larache | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1346 | 1436 | −90 | 26 | |
11 | Olympique Youssoufia (R) | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1019 | 1792 | −773 | 20 | Relegated to National Division 1 |
12 | Athletic Beni Snassen (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Areh Hajeb (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | FUS Rabat | 6 | 5 | 1 | 479 | 398 | +81 | 11 |
2 | Wydad AC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 394 | 403 | −9 | 10 |
3 | MAS Fes | 6 | 2 | 4 | 448 | 470 | −22 | 8 |
4 | AS FAR | 6 | 1 | 5 | 413 | 463 | −50 | 7 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | MTB Majd Tanger | 6 | 3 | 3 | 378 | 352 | +26 | 9 |
2 | IRT Ittihad Tanger | 6 | 3 | 3 | 403 | 404 | −1 | 9 |
3 | AS Salé | 6 | 4 | 2 | 423 | 376 | +47 | 10 |
4 | KAC Marrakech | 6 | 2 | 4 | 458 | 530 | −72 | 8 |
The finals began on 5 June and ended 4 July 2023. [1] Teams in italic had home court advantage.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
FUS Rabat | 2 | |||||
IRT Ittihad Tanger | 1 | |||||
FUS Rabat | 3 | |||||
MTB Majd Tanger | 1 | |||||
MTB Majd Tanger | 2 | |||||
Wydad AC | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
IRT Ittihad Tanger | 80 | |||||
Wydad AC | 60 |
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