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]

Division Excellence

Organising body	FRMBB
Founded	1957; 66 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.frmbb.ma
2023-24 Division Excellence

Current clubs

The following 12 teams play in the Division Excellence during the 2023–24 season:^[2][3][4]

Team	City, Province	Arena
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):

1935: RU Casablanca (1) 1936: RU Casablanca (2) 1937: RU Casablanca (3) From 1938 to 1940: No competition played 1941: RU Casablanca (4) 1942: RU Casablanca (5) From 1943 to 1944: No competition played 1945: US Fès (1) 1946: B.U.S (1) 1947: OC Khouribga (1) 1948: OC Khouribga (2) 1949: OC Khouribga (3) 1950: A.S.P.T.T (1) 1951: A.S.P.T.T (2) 1952: US Marocaine (1) 1953: US Marocaine (2) 1954: US Marocaine (3) 1955: US Marocaine (4) 1956: B.U.S (2) 1957: AS Casablanca (1) 1958: US Marocaine (5) 1959: US Marocaine (6) 1960: Maghreb SR (1) 1961: CC Casablanca (1) 1962: AS Casablanca (2) 1963: AS Casablanca (3) 1964: FAR de Rabat (1) 1965: Wydad AC (1) 1966: Wydad AC (2) 1967: Wydad AC (3) 1968: FUS Rabat (1) 1969: FAR de Rabat (2) 1970: FUS Rabat (2) 1971: FUS Rabat (3) 1972: FUS Rabat (4) 1973: FUS Rabat (5) 1974: Cercle Casablanca (1) 1975: Wydad AC (4) 1976: Wydad AC (5) 1977: Cercle Casablanca (2) 1978: FUS Rabat (6) 1979: FUS Rabat (7) 1980: FUS Rabat (8) 1981: FUS Rabat (9) 1982: Wydad AC (6) 1983: Wydad AC (7) 1984: FUS Rabat (10) 1985: Wydad AC (8) 1986: FAR de Rabat (3) 1987: TS Casablanca (1) 1988: FUS Rabat (11) 1989: TS Casablanca (2) 1990: FUS Rabat (12) 1991: BMCI Club (1) 1992: FUS Rabat (13) 1993: Ittihad Tanger (1) 1994: FUS Rabat (14) 1995: TS Casablanca (3) 1996: Maghreb de Fès (1) 1997: Maghreb de Fès (2) 1998: Maghreb de Fès (3) 1999: FUS Rabat (15) 2000: Wydad AC (9) 2001: FUS Rabat (16) 2002: TS Casablanca (4) 2003: Maghreb de Fès (4)

2004: FUS Rabat (17) 2005: Raja CA (1) 2006: Raja CA (2) 2007 Maghreb de Fès (5) 2008 Ittihad Tanger (2) 2009 Ittihad Tanger (3) 2010 AS Salé (1) 2011 AS Salé (2) 2012: Renaissance Berkane (1) 2013: Wydad AC (10) 2014: AS Salé (3) 2015: AS Salé (4) 2016: AS Salé (5) 2017: AS Salé (6) 2018: AS Salé (7) 2019: No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020: No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021: AS Salé (8) 2022: AS Salé (9) 2023: FUS Rabat (18)

Recent finals

Edition	Season	Champions	Runners-up	Finals score	Third place
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

1. "Basket: l'AS Salé championne du Maroc 2022". MSport.ma (in French). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. "Moroccan Basketball". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
3. Yoli BAHIN officiellement à l’ASFAR Basketball 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, as-far.ma, 3 February 2016. Accessed 3 June 2017 (in French)
4. "CLUBS DEX-H". Fédération Royale Marocaine de BasketBall (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

• Presentation at Goalzz.com
• Presentation at Afrobasket.com