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Sports in Morocco refers to the sports played in the Kingdom of Morocco. As of 2007, Moroccan society participated in many sports, including handball, football, golf, tennis, basketball, and athletics. Hicham El Guerrouj, a retired middle distance runner for Morocco, won two gold medals for Morocco at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Ministry of Youth and Sports

The Moroccan Ministry of Youth and Sports was founded in August 1964 and houses all the sporting federations in the country. Despite the Ministry's mission to engage young people in sporting opportunities, many Moroccan athletes denounce the institution as not giving young Moroccans enough sponsorship or opportunities to play sports professionally^[1].

Football

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation based in Rabat is the governing body of football in Morocco. Morocco qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times and bid for the World Cups 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2026 but lost out to United States, France, Germany, South Africa and Canada/Mexico/United States in these bids. Morocco is now co-bidding for 2030 with either Portugal/Spain or Algeria/Tunisia.

Botola

The Botola Pro is the top league competition for football clubs in Morocco. Each year 16 teams compete for the championship. Champion and runner-up participate in the African Champions League. The most successful clubs are ASFAR (football club), and Wydad Casablanca, and Raja Casablanca.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Equestrian Sports

Morocco has a vibrant equestrian sports community headed by the Royal Moroccan Equestrian Federation. Morocco's most famous equestrian, Abdelkebir Ouaddar represented the country in the 2014 Normandy World Equestrian Games and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[2].

Motorsport

Cricket

Morocco hosted the 2002 Morocco Cup, which was well attended.^[4] Sri Lanka beat South Africa in the final.^[5]

Morocco boasts an ICC approved ground capable of hosting full internationals, the National Cricket Stadium in Tangier. It has so far hosted a One Day International triangular tournament, the Morocco Cup in 2002, where Sri Lanka won ahead of South Africa and Pakistan.

Basketball

Morocco, represented by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Basket-Ball, has been affiliated to FIBA since 1936.^[6] The men's national team has won a FIBA Africa Championship title, won in 1965. The professional national league is Nationale 1.

Rugby union

Rugby union came to Morocco in the early 20th century, mainly by the French who occupied the country.^[7] As a result, Moroccan rugby was tied to the fortunes of France, during the first and second World War, with many Moroccan players going away to fight.^[7] Like many other Maghreb nations, Moroccan rugby tended to look to Europe for inspiration, rather than to the rest of Africa.

Hockey

Morocco was admitted into the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 22, 2010.^[8]

Stadiums

See also

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/75031/moroccan-athelete-hicham-guerrouj-pessimistic.html|title=Moroccan athelete Hicham El Guerrouj is pessimistic about national athleticism|last=Yabiladi.com|website=en.yabiladi.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-21}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822010512/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/abdelkebir-ouaddar|title=OUADDAR Abdelkebir - Olympic Equestrian {{!}} Morocco|date=2016-08-22|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2019-03-21}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116314 |title=Shanghai WTCC: Mehdi Bennani scores Honda's first 2014 win |last1=Mills |first1=Peter |date=12 October 2014 |website=autosport.com|accessdate=16 October 2014}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/117201.html|title=Looking ahead to the Morocco Cup 2002|work=Cricinfo|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61112.html|title=Morocco Cup|website=Cricinfo|language=en|access-date=2017-12-16}}
6. ^Morocco (MAR), FIBA
7. ^¹Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 {{ISBN|1-86200-013-1}}) p71
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