Sport in Morocco

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Sport 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 2 gold medals for Morocco at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Contents 1 History of sport in Morocco 2 Hicham El Gerrouj 3 Football 4 Stadiums 5 Handball 6 Basketball 7 Rugby

[edit] History of sport in Morocco

Main article: History of sport in Morocco

[edit] Hicham El Gerrouj

Hicham El Gerrouj is the current 1500m, 1 Mile and 2,000m world record holder, with times of 3:26.00 in the 1500m, 3:43.1 in the mile and 4:44.79 in the 2,000m.

[edit] Football

• Morocco national football team
• Morocco national under-23 football team
• Morocco national under-20 football team
• Morocco women's national football team
• GNF 1
• GNF 2
• GNFA 1
• GNFA 2

[edit] Stadiums

• Stade d'Agadir (Under construction)
• Stade Cheikh Laaghdef
• Stade Complexe Sportif
• Stade d'Honneur
• Stade Larbi Zaouli
• Stade Mohammed V
• Stade Moulay Abdellah
• Stade de Tanger (Under construction)
• Stade de Marrakech (Under construction)
• Complexe OCP
• Saniat Rmel
• Stade Al Inbiaâte
• Stade El Abdi
• Stade El Harti
• Stade El Massira
• Stade Marche Verte
• Stade Municipal (Kenitra)
• Stade Sidi Bernoussi
• Stade d'Honneur (Meknes)
• Stade de Marchan
• Stade du 20 Août
• Complexe Al Amal de Casablanca

[edit] Handball

• Morocco national handball team

[edit] Basketball

• Morocco national basketball team

[edit] Rugby

• Morocco national rugby union team

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