Morocco men's national handball team

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.

Morocco
Shirt badge/Association crest
Information
NicknameAtlas Lions
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Handball Federation
CoachNoureddine Bouhaddioui
Assistant coachHicham Khoufaify
CaptainAlae Laaroussi
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1995)
Best result17th (1999)
African Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1987)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2006, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

Results

World Championship

African Championship
Year Position Year Position Year Position
Tunisia 1974did not compete Benin 19964th place Gabon 20184th place
Algeria 1976 South Africa 19985th place Tunisia 20206th place
Republic of the Congo 1979 Algeria 20004th place Egypt 20223rd place
Tunisia 1981 Morocco 20024th place
Egypt 1983 Egypt 20045th place
Tunisia 1985 Tunisia 20063rd place
Morocco 19878th place Angola 20088th place
Algeria 19895th place Egypt 20106th place
Egypt 19914th place Morocco 20124th place
Côte d'Ivoire 19927th place Algeria 20146th place
Tunisia 19944th place Egypt 20166th place
  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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
7 RW Reida Rezzouki (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 1.84 m 33 101 France Tremblay-en-France 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
24 LB Mohammed Ezzine (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 1.90 m 35 266 Morocco AS FAR
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.