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AS FAR (basketball)

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AS FAR
NicknameLes Militaires
LeagueDivision Excellence
Founded1959
HistoryAS FAR
1959–present
ArenaSalle Centre Sportif des FAR
LocationRabat, Morocco
PresidentAl Ayoubi

Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales (transl. Sports Association of the Royal Armed Forces, Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية), commonly known as AS FAR (Arabic: نادي الجيش الملكي) or FAR Rabat, is a professional basketball club based in Morocco's capital (Rabat).[1][2] It is part of the multi-sports club with the same name, its first team plays in the Division Excellence, the country's first-level league.[3]

The basketball team was founded in 1959 and has won the Moroccan championship three times (in 1964, 1969, 1986).

Honours

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Domestic competitions

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Division Excellence

  • Champions (3): 1964, 1969, 1986

Moroccan Throne Cup

  • Winners (2): 1987, 2021
  • Runners-up (4): 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988

International competitions

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FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup

  • Third place (1): 2015

References

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  1. ^ "FAR Rabat – Team Profile". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Team: FAR Rabat". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ "CLUBS DEX-H". Fédération Royale Marocaine de BasketBall (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2022.