# 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.

## Results
### World Championship

| Edition | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1938 Germany | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1954 Sweden | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1958 East Germany | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1961 West Germany | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1964 Czechoslovakia | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1967 Sweden | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1970 France | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1974 East Germany | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1978 Denmark | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1982 West Germany | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1986 Switzerland | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1990 Czechoslovaki | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1993 Sweden | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | 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 | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 2007 Germany | President's Cup | 20th of 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 165 | 193 | −28 |
| 2009 Croatia | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 2011 Sweden | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 2013 Spain | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 2015 Qatar | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 2017 France | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| / 2019 Denmark/Germany | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 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 | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 2027 Germany | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| / 2029 France/Germany | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| // 2031 Denmark/Iceland/Norway | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 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 | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 1976 Algeria | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 1979 People's Republic of the Congo | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 1981 Tunisia | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 1983 Egypt | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified |
| 1985 Angola | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | Did not Qualified | 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 |

## Team
### Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
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 (age 27)
* 1.84 m
* 33
* 101
* Tremblay-en-France 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 30)
* 1.90 m
* 16
* 2
* AS FAR
* 12
* GK
* Alae Laaroussi
* (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 (age 41)
* 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 25)
* 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 25)
* 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
* 24
* LB
* Mohammed Ezzine
* (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 26)
* 1.90 m
* 35
* 266
* AS FAR
* 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 27)
* 1.98 m
* 37
* 95
* Mountada El Fida
* 99
* P
* Nabil Slassi
* (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 29)
* 1.94 m
* 38
* 65
* Caen Handball

### Famous past players

* Mohamed Berraja
* Ismail Bouhadioui
* Mohamed Nouri
* Karim Bouhadioui
* Payton Kuhn
* Connor Erdman