The Moroccan selection, composed of players from Special Olympics Morocco (SOM) and the International University of Rabat (UIR), announced on Friday that they have qualified for the semi-finals of the Unified Football World Cup.
This event takes place from July 30 to August 6, 2022, in Detroit, United States, and brings together 22 teams from 21 countries, including four from the MENA region.
Aged 18 to 21 years, the 16 players who make up the national team are accompanied by Nassim Cherradi, head of the delegation, the former Moroccan footballer Aziz Bouderbala, ambassador of Special Olympics Morocco and the coach of the national team Ilyas Bentaleb, his assistant Jaafar Tagmouti and the team doctor, Nadia Chafiq.
Morocco finished the group stage in second place with 7 points. The team won the match against South Korea (5-1), drew against Brazil (2-2) and won the match against the United States (2-0). The Moroccan team qualified for the semi-finals of the Unified Football World Cup.
Special Olympics Morocco is a training and competition program for athletes with cerebral disabilities.
At the end of July, the program announced its participation in the World Cup, stating that the national team was placed in Group A, along with the United States, Brazil, South Korea and Nigeria.
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