While the Moroccan footballers are achieving a historic run at the Paris Olympic Games , their compatriots competing in other sports such as athletics, boxing and volleyball are sinking, causing the anger of Moroccan supporters.
Iran, the defending champion, beat Morocco in two sets (25-9, 25-14, 25-13) on Tuesday, September 28, in the U21 Volleyball World Championship.
The Moroccan women’s volleyball team won third place in the African Nations Championship (CAN-2021) after their victory, in a classification match against Nigeria, on Sunday, in the Rwandan capital. The Moroccans had been beaten in the semi-finals by Kenya.
Morocco stopped at the gates of the African Volleyball Championship final. On Monday in Kigali, the Moroccan team lost to Cameroon, who qualified for the final in five sets (15-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-17 and 15-13).
The Moroccan volleyball team defeated Rwanda in front of their home crowd on Saturday evening in Kigali by 3 sets to 0, and advances to the semi-finals.
By 3 sets to 1 (25/20, 25-23, 23-25, 30-28), the Moroccan volleyball team lost to Egypt on Sunday, July 21, 2019. This first match is part of the 22nd African Nations Volleyball Championship (senior/men), in Group B, which takes place from July 21 to 28.