Jihad Benchlikha (born January 6, 1992) is a
Moroccan professional
basketball player. He currently plays for the
FAR Rabat club of the
Arab Club Basketball Championship and the
Nationale 1
The Division Excellence (DEX-H) is the top professional basketball league in Morocco. Founded in 1957, the league currently consists of 16 teams. The league is administered by the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation (FRMBB). The current defendin ...
, Morocco's first division.
Benchlikha represented
Morocco's national basketball team
The Morocco national basketball team represents Morocco in international basketball competitions. The team is governed by the Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation, also known as the FRMBB. The team has appeared at the FIBA AfroBasket 20 times and ...
at the
2017 AfroBasket
FIBA AfroBasket 2017 was the 29th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. The tournament was jointly hosted by Tunisia and Senegal. Angola was proposed by FIBA Africa to host the tournament, an offer dec ...
in
Tunisia and
Senegal. He won the
2023 FIBA AfroCan
The 2023 FIBA AfroCan was the 2nd edition of the FIBA AfroCan. The tournament was held from 8 July to 16 July 2023 and was be hosted in Angola. DR Congo are the defending champions, having won the 2019 title. The second tournament was supposed ...
with Morocco, and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
References
External links
FIBA profileReal GM profileAfrobasket.com profile
1992 births
Living people
Shooting guards
Moroccan men's basketball players
People from Kenitra
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