Sport in Morocco

As of 2007, Moroccan society participated in many sports, including handball, football, golf, tennis, basketball, and athletics.

Other popular sports include: athletics, Futsal, basketball, boxing, golf, netball, swimming, surfing and tennis.

In 2019, it was announced that Morocco would host the inaugural African Para Games in Rabat in January 2020.

[4] however, due to poor relations between the Africa Paralympic Committee and the country's authorities, Morocco withdrew and the event took place in Cairo, Egypt.

[31][32] Morocco qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup three times, Their best performance was in 2021, where they reached the round of 16.

[40] 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.

On 16 July 2023, Morocco won the 2023 FIBA AfroCan Final after beating Cote d'Ivoire 78-76 that took place in Luanda, Angola, Thus marking their first continental trophy since 1965.

[46] Like many other Maghreb nations, Moroccan rugby tended to look to Europe for inspiration, rather than to the rest of Africa.

Notable Moroccan players include: Morocco was admitted into the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 22, 2010.