Morocco men's national handball team

Morocco
Information
NicknameAtlas Lions
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Handball Federation
CoachMohammed Berrajaa
Assistant coachKhalid El Fil
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1995)
Best result17th (1999)
African Championship
Appearances21 (First in 1987)
Best result 3rd (2006, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.
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. [1]

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 Czechoslovakia
1993 Sweden Did not Qualify
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 Qualify
2007 Germany President's Cup 20th of 24 6 2 0 4 165 193 −28
2009 Croatia Did not Qualify
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 Qualify
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 Qualify
1976 Algeria Did not Qualify
1979 People's Republic of the Congo Did not Qualify
1981 Tunisia Did not Qualify
1983 Egypt Did not Qualify
1985 Angola Did not Qualify
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
2026 Quarter finals 7th place 7 4 1 2 244 211 +33
Total 21/27 0 Titles 124 59 5 61 3011 2942 +69

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

Islamic Games

Edition Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1961 Morocco Final 2º place
1985 Morocco bronze medal match 3º puesto 6 4 1 1
1999 Jordania Final 2º place
2005 Egypt final phase 5º place 6 1 0 5 129 163 −34
2011 Katar group stage 6º place 3 1 0 2 77 83 −6
Total 5/9 0 Títulos 12 6 1 8 206 246 -40

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

Other Competitions

Angola international 50 years tournament

Edition Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2025 Angola Final round 3rd place 3 1 0 2 72 89 −17
Total 1/1 0 Titles 3 1 0 2 72 89 -17

Competitions (U20)

African Men's Junior Handball Championship

Year Round Place MP W D L GF GA GD
Nigeria 1984 final phase 8th Place ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
Algeria 1986 final phase 7th Place 4 0 5 4 66 104 −38
Tunisia 1988 final phase 6th Place 5 0 0 5 93 114 −21
Egypt 1990 final phase 4th Place 4 1 0 3 53 77 −24
Ivory Coast 1998 final phase 5th Place 5 0 0 5 ?? ?? ??
Ivory Coast 2006 group stage 5th Place 4 2 0 2 66 82 −16
Libya 2008 semi-finals 3rd Place 4 2 0 2 131 123 +8
Gabon 2010 group stage 10th Place 5 1 1 3 113 127 −14
Ivory Coast 2012 group stage 9th Place 6 3 0 3 136 133 +3
Mali 2016 final phase 5th Place 5 1 1 3 117 163 −46
Morocco 2018 final phase 4th Place 6 1 2 3 130 147 −17
Rwanda 2022 group stage 5th Place 4 1 1 2 114 115 −1
Mahdia 2024 semi-finals 4th Place 6 3 0 3 186 143 +43
Total 0 Titles 13/21 58 15 5 38 1205 1328 −123

World Championship

Tunisia in the Junior World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Sweden 1977 First round 19th 5 1 0 4 86 124 −36
Egypt 2009 First Round 22st 7 1 1 5 159 217 −58
Algeria 2017 First Round 22st 7 1 0 6 141 194 −53
Germany/Greece 2023 First round 23st 8 3 1 4 181 200 −19
2025 Poland First Round 22st 8 3 1 4 253 262 −9
Total 5/25 0 Titles 35 9 3 23 820 997 −177

Arab Junior Championship

Edition Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2024 Morocco Final Champion 6 2 1 3 131 129 +3
Total 1/4 1 Titles 6 2 1 3 131 129 +3

Competitions (U18)

World Youth Championship

Tunisia in the Youth World Championship record[2]
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Qatar 2005 First Round 10th Place 5 0 0 5 103 173 −70
Bahrain 2007 First Round 15th Place 7 1 1 5 181 216 −35
Tunisia 2009 First Round 20th Place 6 0 0 6 111 220 −109
Argentina 2011
Hungary 2013
Russia 2015
Georgia 2017
North Macedonia 2019
Croatia 2023 First Round 18th Place 8 3 1 4 238 239 −1
Egypt 2025 First Round 30th Place 8 1 0 7 204 266 −62
Total 5/11 0 Titles 34 5 2 27 837 1114 −277

African Youth Championship

Tunisia in the African Youth Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Ivory Coast 2000 Did not compete
Morocco 2004 Final Round 3rd
Libya 2008 Final Round 5th
Gabon 2010 Final Round 6th 5 0 0 5 90 143 −53
Ivory Coast 2012
Kenya 2014|
Mali 2016 QuarterFinals 5th 6 3 0 3 153 147 +6
Morocco 2018 Final Round 6th 6 1 0 5 108 152 −44
Morocco 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Rwanda 2022 SemiFinals 3rd 5 4 0 1 173 127 +54
Tunisia 2024 Semi Finals 4th 6 3 0 3 115 164 −49
Total 7/11 0 Titles 28 11 0 17 639 733 −96

Competitions (U16)

World Cadet Championship

Tunisia in the Youth World Championship record[3]
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA GD
Morocco 2025 First Round 11th Place 5 0 1 4 151 175 −24
Total 1/1 0 Titles 5 0 1 4 151 175 −24

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[4][5]

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 WeR1 Handball
8 CB Mohamed Bentaleb (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 1.90 m 54 109 AS FAR
9 LB Mohamed Zaher (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 1.90 m 16 2 AS FAR
12 GK Alae Laaroussi (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 1.90 m 61 6 Mountada El Fida
13 RB Hicham El Hakimy (1989-12-05) 5 December 1989 1.91 m 48 154 AS FAR
14 CB Adam Arbaa (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 1.80 m 3 5 Torcy Handball Marne La Vallée
16 GK Jamal Ouaali (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 1.93 m 10 2 Raja d'Agadir
19 RW Redouane Braout (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 1.80 m 34 39 Raja d'Agadir
20 LW Ryad Lakbi (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 1.80 m 56 122 Caen Handball
21 RB Nacym Fougani (2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 1.83 m 29 47 Tremblay-en-France Handball
46 CB Amine Harchaoui (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 1.87 m 47 137 Al Wehda
89 LB Yassine Belhou (1988-12-26) 26 December 1988 1.81 m 12 25 Raja d'Agadir
92 LB Hassan El-Kachradi (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 1.80 m 15 18 Raja d'Agadir
94 P Mehdi Ismaïli Alaoui (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 1.91 m 59 66 HBC Franconville
97 P Saïd El Malki (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 1.98 m 37 95 Mountada El Fida
99 P Nabil Slassi (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 1.94 m 38 65 Caen Handball

References

  1. ^ Gamra, Farah Ben (16 November 2025). "Morocco in Group D for the 2026 African Men's Handball Championship". Morocco World News. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  2. ^ Men's youth world championship info
  3. ^ Men's youth world championship info
  4. ^ "Handball : ultimes réglages pour les Lions de l'Atlas avant le Mondial 2023" (in French). lematin.ma. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Team Roster Morocco" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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