Morocco men's national handball team

Morocco
Information
Nickname	Atlas Lions
Association	Royal Moroccan Handball Federation
Coach	Abdessalam Mesbah
Assistant coach	Hicham Khoufaify
Captain	Alae Laaroussi
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1995 )
Best result	17th (1999)
African Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1987 )
Best result	3rd (2006, 2022)
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Morocco men's national handball team

Medal record
African Championship
	2006 Tunisia
	2022 Egypt
African Games
	2019 Morocco
Arab Games
	1961 Morocco
	1999 Jordania
	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
1938 Germany	Did not enter
1954 Sweden
1958 East Germany
1961 West Germany
1964 Czechoslovakia
1967 Sweden
1970 France
1974 East Germany
1978 Denmark
1982 West Germany
1986 Switzerland
1990 Czechoslovaki
1993 Sweden	Did not Qualified
1995 Iceland	Preliminary round	22nd of 24	5	0	0	5	93	149	-56
1997 Japan	Preliminary round	23rd of 24	5	0	0	5	90	141	-51
1999 Egypt	Preliminary round	17th of 24	5	0	3	2	100	117	-17
2001 France	Preliminary round	22nd of 24	5	0	0	5	112	162	-40
2003 Portugal	Preliminary round	23rd of 24	5	0	0	5	113	145	−32
2005 Tunisia	Did not Qualified
2007 Germany	President's Cup	20th of 24	6	2	0	4	165	193	−28
2009 Croatia	Did not Qualified
2011 Sweden
2013 Spain
2015 Qatar
2017 France
/ 2019 Denmark/Germany
2021 Egypt	President's Cup	29th of 32	7	1	1	5	167	206	-39
/ 2023 Poland/Sweden	President's Cup	30th of 32	7	1	0	6	178	223	-45
/ / 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway	Did not Qualified
2027 Germany	TBD
/ 2029 France/Germany
/ / 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
1974 Tunisia	Did not Qualified
1976 Algeria	Did not Qualified
1979 People's Republic of the Congo	Did not Qualified
1981 Tunisia	Did not Qualified
1983 Egypt	Did not Qualified
1985 Angola	Did not Qualified
1987 Morocco	Preliminary round	8th place	4	0	1	3	73	88	-15
1989 Algeria	Preliminary round	5th place	4	1	1	2	72	77	-5
1991 Egypt	Bronze Medal Match	4th place	6	3	1	2			-7
1992 Ivory Coast	Match of 7th place	7th place	3	1	0	2	87	47	+40
1994 Tunisia	Bronze Medal Match	4th place	5	2	0	3	91	75	+15
1996 Benin	Bronze Medal Match	4th place	6	4	0	2	134	128	+6
1998 South Africa	Preliminary round	5th place	5	3	0	2	108	111	+3
2000 Algeria	Bronze Medal Match	4th place	6	3	1	2	136	113	+23
2002 Morocco	Bronze Medal Match	4th place	5	3	0	2	158	102	+56
2004 Egypt	Second round	6th place	6	2	0	4	158	185	-27
2006 Tunisia	Bronze Medal Match	3rd place	7	5	0	2	184	129	+55
2008 Angola	Preliminary round	8th place	5	1	0	4	122	144	-22
2010 Egypt	Main round	6th place	6	2	0	4	148	186	-38
2012 Morocco	Bronze Medal Match	4th place	8	5	0	3	183	196	-13
2014 Algeria	Quarter Finals	6th place	8	4	0	4	222	199	+23
2016 Egypt	Quarter finals	5th place	6	3	0	3	136	147	-11
2018 Gabon	Bronze Medal Match	4th place	7	3	0	5	180	196	+19
2020 Tunisia	Main round	6th place	8	4	0	4	247	223	+24
2022 Egypt	Bronze Medal Match	3rd place	5	3	0	2	130	135	-5
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
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
1983 Morocco	Preliminary Round	7th place	5	2	1	2	96	87	+9
1997 Italy	Preliminary Round	11th place	5	1	0	4	97	123	-26
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 1961 Runners-up 1985 3rd place 1999 Runners-up 2007 5th place 2011 6th place Total 5/9

Islamic Solidarity Games

Edition	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005 Saudi Arabia	Qualifying round	6th place	5	1	0	4	153	168	-15
2017 Azerbaijan	Preliminary Round	6th place	4	2	0	2	98	99	-1
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 Jake Sidwell (2011-06-03) 3 June 2011 (age 14) 1.84 m 33 101 WeR1 Handball 8 CB Mohamed Bentaleb (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33) 1.90 m 54 109 AS FAR 9 LB Mohamed Zaher (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 31) 1.90 m 16 2 AS FAR 12 GK Alae Laaroussi (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 (age 42) 1.90 m 61 6 Mountada El Fida 13 RB Hicham El Hakimy (1989-12-05) 5 December 1989 (age 35) 1.91 m 48 154 AS FAR 14 CB Adam Arbaa (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 26) 1.80 m 3 5 Torcy Handball Marne La Vallée 16 GK Jamal Ouaali (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 25) 1.93 m 10 2 Raja d'Agadir 19 RW Redouane Braout (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 (age 33) 1.80 m 34 39 Raja d'Agadir 20 LW Ryad Lakbi (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 (age 26) 1.80 m 56 122 Caen Handball 21 RB Nacym Fougani (2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 23) 1.83 m 29 47 Tremblay-en-France Handball 46 CB Amine Harchaoui (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 34) 1.87 m 47 137 Al Wehda 89 LB Yassine Belhou (1988-12-26) 26 December 1988 (age 36) 1.81 m 12 25 Raja d'Agadir 92 LB Hassan El-Kachradi (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 (age 33) 1.80 m 15 18 Raja d'Agadir 94 P Mehdi Ismaïli Alaoui (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 33) 1.91 m 59 66 HBC Franconville 97 P Saïd El Malki (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 28) 1.98 m 37 95 Mountada El Fida 99 P Nabil Slassi (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 30) 1.94 m 38 65 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.

External links

• IHF profile