# 2021–22 Division Excellence

The 2021–22 Division Excellence was the 85th season of the Division Excellence, the highest premier basketball league in Morocco. The defending champions were AS Salé.
The season started on 21 November 2021 and ended on 30 June 2022. Salé won the championship, their 9th title and their 7th in a row (not counting abandoned seasons).

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2020 to 2021 1NDH | Relegated from 2020 to 2021 Division Excellence |
| Raja CA Majd Tanger Atletic Beni Snassen | Olympique de Safi Amal Riadi El Hajeb ASE Essaouira |
Raja CA, Majd Tanger and Atletic Beni Snassen were promoted to the league. Olympique de Safi, Amal Riadi El Hajeb and ASE Essaouira were relegated from the previous season.

### Arenas and locations

| Team | City | Arena |
| Atletic Beni Snassen | Berkane | Salle Moulay El Hassan |
| AS Salé | Salé | Salle Bouazzaoui |
| Pomme de Midelt | Midelt | Salle de Midelt |
| FAR Rabat | Rabat | Salle Ibn Yassine |
| Raja CA | Casablanca | Salle Bouchentouf |
| Renaissance Berkane | Berkane | Salle Moulay El Hassan |
| Wydad AC | Casablanca | Salle WAC |
| Majd Tanger | Tanger | Salle Ziaten |
| MAS Fes | Fez | Salle 11 Janvier |
| FUS Rabat | Rabat | Salle Ibn Rochd |
| IRT Tanger | Tanger | Salle Ziaten |
| Lixus Larache | Larache | Salle Omnisports |
| Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Al Hoceima | Salle 3 Mars |
| KACM | Marrakech | Salle Zerktouni |
| AMI | Ifrane | Salle Omnisports de Ifrane |
| ASCEBB | Tantan | Salle Omnisports de Tantan |

## Regular season
### Group North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | IR Tanger | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1058 | 762 | +296 | 23 | Advance to playoff round |
| 2 | Lixus Larache | 12 | 9 | 3 | 922 | 718 | +204 | 21 | Advance to playoff round |
| 3 | MTB Majd Tanger | 12 | 8 | 4 | 982 | 730 | +252 | 20 | Advance to playoff round |
| 4 | MAS Fes | 12 | 7 | 5 | 933 | 793 | +140 | 19 | Advance to playoff round |
| 5 | Athletic Club Bni Yznasn | 12 | 4 | 8 | 810 | 872 | −62 | 16 | Qualification for 9th place game |
| 6 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | 12 | 3 | 9 | 770 | 865 | −95 | 15 | Qualification for 11th place game |
| 7 | Renaissance de Berkane (R) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 509 | 1244 | −735 | 12 | Relegated to National Division 1 |
| 8 | AMI (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FUS Rabat | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1105 | 891 | +214 | 25 | Advance to playoff round |
| 2 | AS Salé | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1122 | 920 | +202 | 25 | Advance to playoff round |
| 3 | AS FAR | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1056 | 867 | +189 | 23 | Advance to playoff round |
| 4 | Wydad AC | 14 | 9 | 5 | 895 | 785 | +110 | 23 | Advance to playoff round |
| 5 | KACM | 14 | 9 | 5 | 923 | 907 | +16 | 23 | Qualification for 9th place game |
| 6 | Raja CA | 14 | 4 | 10 | 926 | 1041 | −115 | 18 | Qualification for 11th place game |
| 7 | ASCEBB (R) | 14 | 2 | 12 | 740 | 1065 | −325 | 16 | Relegated to National Division 1 |
| 8 | Pomme de Midelt (R) | 14 | 1 | 13 | 770 | 1061 | −291 | 15 | Relegated to National Division 1 |

## Playoff round

In the playoff round, the four highest-placed teams from each regular season group play each other in two groups. The top two teams from both groups advance to the semifinals.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | IRT | FAR | ASLL | KACM |
| 1 | IRT Tanger | 6 | 5 | 1 | 444 | 409 | +35 | 11 | Advance to semifinals | — | 65–57 | 77–67 | 75–52 |
| 2 | FAR Rabat | 6 | 4 | 2 | 409 | 379 | +30 | 10 | Advance to semifinals | 80–64 | — | 79–63 | 89–60 |
| 3 | Lixus Larache | 6 | 3 | 3 | 449 | 431 | +18 | 9 | Qualify for 5th place game | 79–86 | 72–45 | — | 77–59 |
| 4 | KACM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 385 | 468 | −83 | 6 | Qualify for 7th place game | 74–77 | 55–59 | 85–91 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ASS | FUS | MTB | MAS |
| 1 | AS Salé | 6 | 5 | 1 | 512 | 440 | +72 | 11 | Advance to semifinals | — | 85–75 | 90–63 | 97–82 |
| 2 | FUS Rabat | 6 | 4 | 2 | 500 | 469 | +31 | 10 | Advance to semifinals | 76–66 | — | 85–87 | 88–79 |
| 3 | Majd Tanger | 6 | 2 | 4 | 406 | 471 | −65 | 8 | Qualify for 5th place game | 56–82 | 59–80 | — | 74–64 |
| 4 | Maghreb de Fes | 6 | 1 | 5 | 476 | 514 | −38 | 7 | Qualify for 7th place game | 88–92 | 93–96 | 70–67 | — |

## Classification round
### 5th and 6th place game

* 18 June 2022 17:00
| Lixus Larache | 69–65 | Majd Tanger |
* Salle Omnisport, Larache

### 7th and 8th place game

* TBD
| KACM | vs. | Maghreb de Fes |
* TBD

### 9th and 10th place game

* 26 April 2022 22:00
| Athletic Club Bni Yznasn | 51–86 | Wydad AC |
* Salle 11 Janvier, Fes

### 11th and 12th place game

* 26 April 2022 22:00
| Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | 91–101 | Raja CA |
* Salle 11 Janvier, Fes

## Semifinals and finals

The semifinals are played in a two-legged series, the finals are played in a best-of-three playoff format.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| IRT Ittihad Tanger | 84 | 84 | 168 |
| FUS Rabat | 108 | 62 | 170 | | | | |
| FUS Rabat | 108 | 62 | 170 | FUS Rabat | FUS Rabat | FUS Rabat | 0 |
| | | | | AS Salé | AS Salé | AS Salé | 2 |
| AS Salé | 64 | 90 | 154 | AS Salé | AS Salé | AS Salé | 2 |
| FAR | 51 | 38 | 89 | | | | |

### Finals

* 27 June 2022 20:00
| FUS Rabat | 79–83 | AS Salé |
* Salle Ibn Rochd, Rabat
* 29 June 2022 19:00
| AS Salé | 89–86 | FUS Rabat |
* Salle Bouazaoui, Salé