Over the past few years, Moroccan soccer has shown tremendous growth after deliberate investment. The latest tangible return on investment is the country winning the U-20 soccer World Cup in Chile.
Morocco's sustained and deliberate investment into sports, particularly soccer, is continuing to pay dividends for the country. This after the Moroccan U-20 men's soccer side beat Argentina 2-0 to win the U-20 Fifa World Cup in Chile recently.
The Atlas Cubs qualified for the global tournament by reaching the final of the 2025 junior Africa Cup of Nations Afcon. In that May decider, the Moroccans were vanquished 1-0 by South Africa's Amajita.
At the World Cup which took place from 27 September to 19 October 2025 the South Africans could not leverage their African champions status.
Raymond Mdaka's men were eliminated in the round of 16 after falling 3-1 to Colombia. Morocco made no such slip-ups as they reached the pinnacle of global soccer for the first time.
