The Moroccan national ice hockey team (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لهوكي الجليد; French: Équipe du Maroc de hockey sur glace) is the men's national ice hockey team of Morocco. The team is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The team's home rink is in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.
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| Association | Fédération Royale Marocaine de Hockey sur Glace |
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| Head coach | Adil Eli Farj & Mimoun Mrini |
| Most games | Mehdi Ghazi (11) |
| Most points | Samir Bouchaoui (22) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | MAR |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | NR (27 May 2024)[1] |
| First international | |
 United Arab Emirates 9–0 Morocco  (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 16 June 2008) | |
| Biggest win | |
Morocco 11–2 Portugal  (Canillo, Andorra; 30 September 2017) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| United Arab Emirates 9–0 Morocco (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 16 June 2008)  Kuwait 9–0 Morocco (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 19 June 2008) | |
| Arab Cup of Ice Hockey | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2008) |
| Best result |  3rd (2008) |
| Development Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) |
| Best result |  1st (2017) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 7–6–0 | |
History
editIn June 2008, Morocco took part in the inaugural Arab Cup in Abu Dhabi, also involving the national teams of Algeria, the UAE and Kuwait. Morocco's first game was a 9-0 loss to the UAE on 16 June 2008. The first ever goal to be scored by a Moroccan player was scored by Yassin Ahrazem against Kuwait during the first ever 2008 Arab Cup. On 22 May 2010, the IIHF announced that Morocco is now an associate member.[2]
Tournament record
editArab Cup
edit| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OW | OL | L |
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| 2008 | Abu Dhabi |
3rd place |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Development Cup
edit| Year | Host | Result | Pld | W | OW | OL | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |  Canillo |
1st place |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 team roster
edit| # | Player | Club | ||||
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| President | ||||||
| Khalid Mrini |
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| Coach | ||||||
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| Goaltenders | ||||||
| Adil El Farj |
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| Albert Benchimol |
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| Morad Chakir | 
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| Defencemen | ||||||
| Omar Ennaffati |
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| Samir El Haili |
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| Patrick Harroch |
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| Alex Ennaffati |
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| Othman Scally |
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| Yassin Ahrazem | 
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| Mohamed El Idrissi |
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| Forwards | ||||||
| Marouane Bya |
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| Sidi Mohamed Dahha |
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| Mehdi Ghazi |
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| Alaaedinne Braiak |
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| Saad Tawfiq |
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| Habib Aloui |
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| Samir Bouchaoui | 
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| Moulay-Ayad Dahha |
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| Marc Harroch |
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| Eric Harroch |
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| Philippe Pinto |
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| Othman Boukouiss |
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All-time record against other nations
editLast match update: 1 October 2017[3]
| Positive balance (more Wins) | |
| Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) | |
| Negative balance (more Losses) |
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 15 |
 Ireland |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| Portugal |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Andorra |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
 Egypt |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Lebanon |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Kuwait |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Total | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 75 | 58 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Welcome Morocco". iihf.com. 22 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Morocco Men All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.