Division Excellence
{{Short description|Basketball league in Morocco}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}{{Infobox basketball league
| name = Division Excellence
| image = DEX-H logo.png
| pixels = 140
| organiser = FRMBB
| founded = {{Start date and age|1934}}
| first = 1935
| folded =
| successor =
| country = Morocco
| other countries =
| confed = FIBA Africa
| divisions =
| teams = 12
| feeds =
| promotion =
| relegation = 1NDH
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = Moroccan Throne Cup
| supercup =
| confed_cup = Basketball Africa League (BAL)
| champions = FUS Rabat (19 titles)
| season = 2023–24
| most_champs = FUS Rabat (19 titles)
| most_appearances =
| top_scorer =
| ceo =
| commissioner =
| president =Mostafa Aourach
| tv =Arryadiya
| website = {{URL|https://www.frmbb.ma/}}
| current = 2023-24 Division Excellence
}}
The Division Excellence (DEX-H) is the top professional basketball league in Morocco. Founded in 1934, 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 AS Salé in the 2023/2024 Botola Finals.{{Cite web |last= |date=30 June 2022 |title=Basket: l'AS Salé championne du Maroc 2022 |url=https://www.msport.ma/2022/06/basket-las-sale-championne-du-maroc-2022/ |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=MSport.ma |language=fr-FR}}
Current clubs
The following 12 teams play in the Division Excellence during the 2023–24 season:{{cite web |title=Moroccan Basketball |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Morocco/basketball.aspx |website=Afrobasket.com |access-date=21 April 2021}}[http://www.as-far.ma/fr/yoli-bahin-officiellement-a-lasfar-basketball/ Yoli BAHIN officiellement à l’ASFAR Basketball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816011007/http://www.as-far.ma/fr/yoli-bahin-officiellement-a-lasfar-basketball/ |date=16 August 2017 }}, as-far.ma, 3 February 2016. Accessed 3 June 2017 {{in lang|fr}}{{cite news |title=CLUBS DEX-H |url=https://www.frmbb.ma/clubs-dex-h/ |access-date=22 June 2021 |work=Fédération Royale Marocaine de BasketBall |language=fr-FR}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em 2em 1em 1em;" |
| Team
!City, Province !Arena |
|---|
| [https://instagram.com/as.salebasket?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== AS Salé]
|Salé |Salle Bouazzaoui |
| [https://instagram.com/asfarbasket?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== ASFAR RABAT]
|Salle Centre Sportif Des FAR |
| [https://instagram.com/wacbasketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Wydad AC]
|Salle Complexe Mohamed V |
| [https://instagram.com/masbasketofficiel?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Maghreb de Fes]
|Fez |Salle 11 Janvier |
| [https://instagram.com/fusbasketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== FUS Rabat]
|Salle Ibn Rochd |
| [https://instagram.com/irtbasketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== IRT Tanger]
| Tanger | Salle Ziaten |
| [https://instagram.com/asllbasketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Lixus Larache]
| Larache | Salle Maghreb El Jadid |
| [https://instagram.com/asa.alhoceima.basketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Raja CA]
|Salle Complexe Mohamed V |
| [https://instagram.com/asa.alhoceima.basketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== ASA Al Hoceima]
| Salle 3 Mars |
| [https://instagram.com/kacm.basketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== KACM Marrakech]
|Salle Zerktouni |
| [https://instagram.com/majdtanjabasketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Majd Tanger]
|Salle Ziaten |
| [https://instagram.com/asce.basketball?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== ASCEBB]
|Salle Omnisports de Tantan |
Performance by club
| class="wikitable"
!Teams !Winners !Winning seasons |
| FUS RABAT ⭐
| align="center" |19 |1968، 1970، 1971، 1972، 1973، 1978، 1979، 1980، 1981، 1984، 1988، 1990، 1992، 1994، 1999، 2001، 2004، 2023, 2024 |
| WYDAD AC ⭐
| align="center" |10 |1965، 1966، 1967، 1975، 1976 ، 1982، 1983، 1985، 2000، 2013 |
| AS SALE
| align="center" |9 |2010، 2011، 2014، 2015، 2016، 2017، 2018، 2021، 2022 |
| MAS FES
| align="center" |5 |1996، 1997، 1998، 2003، 2007 |
| RU Casablanca
| align="center" |5 |1935، 1936، 1937، 1941، 1942 |
| TS Casablanca
| align="center" |4 |1987، 1989، 1995، 2002 |
| IR TANGER
| align="center" |3 |1993، 2008، 2009 |
| ASFAR RABAT
| align="center" |3 |1964، 1969، 1986 |
| AS Casablanca
| align="center" |3 |1957، 1962، 1963 |
| OC KHOURIBGA
| align="center" |3 |1947، 1948، 1949 |
| Raja CA
| align="center" |2 |2005، 2006 |
| CERCLE Casablanca
| align="center" |2 |1974، 1977 |
| A.S.P.T.T. Casablanca
| align="center" |2 |1950، 1951 |
| B.U.S. Casablanca
| align="center" |2 |1946، 1956 |
| RS BERKANE
| align="center" |1 |2012 |
| BMCI Basket Club
| align="center" |1 |1991 |
| CC Casablanca
| align="center" |1 |1961 |
| Maghreb SR
| align="center" |1 |1960 |
| US FES
| align="center" |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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- 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)
- 2024: FUS Rabat (19)
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Recent finals
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| Edition
! width=100| Season ! width=200|Champions ! width=200|Runners-up !width=50| Finals score !width=200|Third place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"| 72 | align="center" | 2010 | AS Salé (1) | | rowspan="3" |– | |
| align="center"| 73 | align="center" |2011 | AS Salé (2) | Wydad AC | |
| align="center"| 74 | align="center" | 2012 | Renaissance Berkane (1) | Wydad AC | |
| align="center"| 75 | align="center" | 2013 | Wydad AC (10) | Renaissance Berkane | | |
| align="center"| 76 | align="center" | 2014 | AS Salé (3) | | | |
| align="center"| 77 | align="center" |2014–15 | AS Salé (4) | | | |
| align="center"| 78 | align="center" |2015–16 | AS Salé (5) | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | |Mouloudia Oujda Basket |
| align="center"| 79 | align="center" |2016–17 | AS Salé (6) | Maghreb de Fes | |Wydad AC |
| align="center"| 80 | align="center" |2017–18 | AS Salé (7) | Wydad AC
| |Not played | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | | align="center"|2018–19 | colspan="4" rowspan="2" align="center" | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| align="center" |2019–20 | ||||
| align="center"|81
|align="center"|2020–21 | AS Salé (8) | FUS Rabat | |FAR Rabat | |
| align="center"|82
|align="center"|2021–22 |AS Salé (9) | |Not played | ||||
| align="center"|83
|align="center"|2022–23 |FUS Rabat (18) |align="center"|3–1 | ||||
| align="center"|84
|align="center"|2023–24 |FUS Rabat (19) |align="center"|3–1 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=13493 Presentation] at Goalzz.com
- [https://www.afrobasket.com/Morocco/basketball.aspx Presentation] at Afrobasket.com
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