Division Excellence
Basketball league in Morocco
Basketball league
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| Organising body | FRMBB |
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| Founded | 1957; 67 years ago (1957) |
| First season | 1960 |
| Country | Morocco |
| Confederation | FIBA Africa |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | 1NDH |
| Domestic cup(s) | Moroccan Throne Cup |
| International cup(s) | Basketball Africa League (BAL) |
| Current champions | FUS Rabat (18 titles) (2023–24) |
| Most championships | FUS Rabat (18 titles) |
| President | Mostafa Aourach |
| TV partners | Arryadiya |
| Website | www |
 2023-24 Division Excellence | |
The Division Excellence (DEX-H) is the top professional basketball league in Morocco. Founded in 1957, the league currently consists of 12 teams. The league is administered by the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation (FRMBB). The current defending champions are FUS RABAT, who defeated MAJD Tanger in the 2022/2023 Botola Finals.[1]
Current clubs
The following 12 teams play in the Division Excellence during the 2023–24 season:[2][3][4]
| Team | City, Province | Arena |
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| AS Salé | Salé | Salle Bouazzaoui |
| ASFAR RABAT | Rabat | Salle Centre Sportif Des FAR |
| Wydad AC | Casablanca | Salle Complexe Mohamed V |
| Maghreb de Fes | Fez | Salle 11 Janvier |
| FUS Rabat | Rabat | Salle Ibn Rochd |
| IRT Tanger | Tanger | Salle Ziaten |
| Lixus Larache | Larache | Salle Maghreb El Jadid |
| Raja CA | Casablanca | Salle Complexe Mohamed V |
| ASA Al Hoceima | Al Hoceima | Salle 3 Mars |
| KACM Marrakech | Marrakech | Salle Zerktouni |
| Majd Tanger | Tanger | Salle Ziaten |
| ASCEBB | Tantan | Salle Omnisports de Tantan |
Performance by club
| Teams | Winners | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| FUS RABAT | 18 | 1968، 1970، 1971، 1972، 1973، 1978، 1979، 1980، 1981، 1984، 1988، 1990، 1992، 1994، 1999، 2001، 2004، 2023 |
| WYDAD AC | 10 | 1965، 1966، 1967، 1975، 1976 ، 1982، 1983، 1985، 2000، 2013 |
| AS SALE | 9 | 2010، 2011، 2014، 2015، 2016، 2017، 2018، 2021، 2022 |
| MAS FES | 5 | 1996، 1997، 1998، 2003، 2007 |
| RU CASABLANCA | 5 | 1935، 1936، 1937، 1941، 1942 |
| TS CASABLANCA | 4 | 1987، 1989، 1995، 2002 |
| IR TANGER | 3 | 1993، 2008، 2009 |
| ASFAR RABAT | 3 | 1964، 1969، 1986 |
| AS Casablanca | 3 | 1957، 1962، 1963 |
| OC KHOURIBGA | 3 | 1947، 1948، 1949 |
| RCA CASABLANCA | 2 | 2005، 2006 |
| CERCLE CASABLANCA | 2 | 1974، 1977 |
| A.S.P.T.T. Casablanca | 2 | 1950، 1951 |
| B.U.S. Casablanca | 2 | 1946، 1956 |
| RS BERKANE | 1 | 2012 |
| BMCI Basket Club | 1 | 1991 |
| CC Casablanca | 1 | 1961 |
| US FES | 1 | 1945 |
Champions
The following is a list of all the Moroccan top-tier division champions (numbers in brackets denote the title number of the team):
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Recent finals
| Edition | Season | Champions | Runners-up | Finals score | Third place |
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| 72 | 2010 | AS Salé (1) | – | ||
| 73 | 2011 | AS Salé (2) | Wydad AC | ||
| 74 | 2012 | Renaissance Berkane (1) | Wydad AC | ||
| 75 | 2013 | Wydad AC (10) | Renaissance Berkane | ||
| 76 | 2014 | AS Salé (3) | |||
| 77 | 2014–15 | AS Salé (4) | |||
| 78 | 2015–16 | AS Salé (5) | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Mouloudia Oujda Basket | |
| 79 | 2016–17 | AS Salé (6) | Maghreb de Fes | Wydad AC | |
| 80 | 2017–18 | AS Salé (7) | Wydad AC | Not played | |
| 2018–19 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2019–20 | |||||
| 81 | 2020–21 | AS Salé (8) | FUS Rabat | FAR Rabat | |
| 82 | 2021–22 | AS Salé (9) | FUS Rabat | 2–0 | Not played |
| 83 | 2022–23 | FUS Rabat (18) | MTB Majd Tanger | 3–1 | Ittihad Tanger |
References
- ^ "Basket: l'AS Salé championne du Maroc 2022". MSport.ma (in French). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Moroccan Basketball". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Yoli BAHIN officiellement à l’ASFAR Basketball Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, as-far.ma, 3 February 2016. Accessed 3 June 2017 (in French)
- ^ "CLUBS DEX-H". Fédération Royale Marocaine de BasketBall (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2021.
External links
- Presentation at Goalzz.com
- Presentation at Afrobasket.com
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