The Royal Moroccan Football Federation is moving to rely on the Moroccan national reserve team to participate in the Arab Cup Qatar 2025, as it coincides with the African Cup of Nations finals, which are scheduled to be held in the Kingdom of Morocco during the same period.
It will not be possible for Morocco to participate in the first Moroccan national team, given that it will be in a closed camp during that period in preparation for the African Cup of Nations finals, which will start on December 18, meaning the day of the Arab Cup final match, which will be organized in Qatar.
Tarek Sketioui is expected to lead the Moroccan reserve team in the aforementioned tournament, where he will rely on the players of the professional tournament, as well as the professional players in the Arab and Gulf clubs, who were not invited by the national voter, Walid Regragui, to prepare and participate in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025. .
Yesterday, Wednesday, January 1, the Qatar Olympic Committee announced the calendar of tournaments hosted by Qatar during the year 2025, which includes 84 events.
The Qatar Olympic Committee specified that the Arab Cup tournament, hosted by Qatar, will take place from the first of December until the 18th of the same month, noting that the Arab Cup matches will be held on the 2022 World Cup stadiums.
Morocco had participated in the reserve team during the 2021 Arab Cup, which was held in Qatar, under the banner of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), as it had left the tournament at that time in the quarter-finals, after losing to Algeria on penalties, as a result of the match ending in its original and extra time in a positive draw. Two goals for the same.
