2021–22 Division Excellence

The 2021–22 Division Excellence was the 85th season of the Division Excellence, the highest premier basketball league in Morocco. The defending champions were AS Salé.

2021–22 Division Excellence
Season2021–22
Dates21 November 2021 – 30 June 2022
Number of teams16
Regular season
BALAS Salé
Finals
ChampionsAS Salé (9th title)
  Runners-upFUS Rabat
2020–21

The season started on 21 November 2021 and ended on 30 June 2022.[1] Salé won the championship, their 9th title and their 7th in a row (not counting abandoned seasons).

Teams

Team changes

Increase Promoted from 2020 to 2021 1NDH Decrease Relegated from 2020 to 2021 Division Excellence
Raja CA

Majd Tanger

Atletic Beni Snassen

Olympique de Safi

Amal Riadi El Hajeb

ASE Essaouira

Raja CA, Majd Tanger and Atletic Beni Snassen were promoted to the league. Olympique de Safi, Amal Riadi El Hajeb and ASE Essaouira were relegated from the previous season.

Arenas and locations

Team City Arena
Atletic Beni Snassen Berkane Salle Moulay El Hassan
AS Salé Salé Salle Bouazzaoui
Pomme de Midelt Midelt Salle de Midelt
FAR Rabat Rabat Salle Ibn Yassine
Raja CA Casablanca Salle Bouchentouf
Renaissance Berkane Berkane Salle Moulay El Hassan
Wydad AC Casablanca Salle WAC
Majd Tanger Tanger Salle Ziaten
MAS Fes Fez Salle 11 Janvier
FUS Rabat Rabat Salle Ibn Rochd
IRT Tanger Tanger Salle Ziaten
Lixus Larache Larache Salle Omnisports
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Al Hoceima Salle 3 Mars
KACM Marrakech Salle Zerktouni
AMI Ifrane Salle Omnisports de Ifrane
ASCEBB Tantan Salle Omnisports de Tantan

Regular season

Group North

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 IR Tanger 12 11 1 1058 762 +296 23 Advance to playoff round
2 Lixus Larache 12 9 3 922 718 +204 21
3 MTB Majd Tanger 12 8 4 982 730 +252 20
4 MAS Fes 12 7 5 933 793 +140 19
5 Athletic Club Bni Yznasn 12 4 8 810 872 62 16 Qualification for 9th place game
6 Chabab Rif Al Hoceima 12 3 9 770 865 95 15 Qualification for 11th place game
7 Renaissance de Berkane (R) 12 0 12 509 1244 735 12 Relegated to National Division 1
8 AMI (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: FRMBB
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

Group South

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FUS Rabat 14 11 3 1105 891 +214 25 Advance to playoff round
2 AS Salé 14 11 3 1122 920 +202 25
3 AS FAR 14 9 5 1056 867 +189 23
4 Wydad AC 14 9 5 895 785 +110 23
5 KACM 14 9 5 923 907 +16 23 Qualification for 9th place game
6 Raja CA 14 4 10 926 1041 115 18 Qualification for 11th place game
7 ASCEBB (R) 14 2 12 740 1065 325 16 Relegated to National Division 1
8 Pomme de Midelt (R) 14 1 13 770 1061 291 15
Source: FRMBB
(R) Relegated

Playoff round

In the playoff round, the four highest-placed teams from each regular season group play each other in two groups. The top two teams from both groups advance to the semifinals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification IRT FAR ASLL KACM
1 IRT Tanger 6 5 1 444 409 +35 11 Advance to semifinals 65–57 77–67 75–52
2 FAR Rabat 6 4 2 409 379 +30 10 80–64 79–63 89–60
3 Lixus Larache 6 3 3 449 431 +18 9 Qualify for 5th place game 79–86 72–45 77–59
4 KACM 6 0 6 385 468 83 6 Qualify for 7th place game 74–77 55–59 85–91
Source: FRMBB

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ASS FUS MTB MAS
1 AS Salé 6 5 1 512 440 +72 11 Advance to semifinals 85–75 90–63 97–82
2 FUS Rabat 6 4 2 500 469 +31 10 76–66 85–87 88–79
3 Majd Tanger 6 2 4 406 471 65 8 Qualify for 5th place game 56–82 59–80 74–64
4 Maghreb de Fes 6 1 5 476 514 38 7 Qualify for 7th place game 88–92 93–96 70–67
Source: FRMBB

Classification round

5th and 6th place game

18 June 2022
17:00
Lixus Larache 6965 Majd Tanger
Salle Omnisport, Larache

7th and 8th place game

TBD
KACM vs. Maghreb de Fes
TBD

9th and 10th place game

26 April 2022
22:00
Athletic Club Bni Yznasn 5186 Wydad AC
Salle 11 Janvier, Fes

11th and 12th place game

26 April 2022
22:00
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima 91101 Raja CA
Salle 11 Janvier, Fes

Semifinals and finals

The semifinals are played in a two-legged series, the finals are played in a best-of-three playoff format.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
IRT Ittihad Tanger8484168
 
 
 
FUS Rabat10862 170
 
FUS Rabat0
 
 
 
AS Salé2
 
AS Salé6490154
 
 
FAR5138 89
 

Finals

27 June 2022
20:00
FUS Rabat 7983 AS Salé
Salle Ibn Rochd, Rabat
29 June 2022
19:00
AS Salé 8986 FUS Rabat
Salle Bouazaoui, Salé

References

  1. "DEXH 2021-2022". Fédération Royale Marocaine de BasketBall (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.