Morocco's national team continued to make history at the 2026 World Cup, after booking their ticket to the quarter-finals with a deserved 3-0 victory over Canada, a new achievement that cements the 'Atlas Lions' status as one of the tournament's top teams.

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Azz Eddine Ounahi scored a brace for Morocco in the 50th and 82nd minutes, before Soufiane Rahimi sealed the 3-0 victory with a goal in the 98th minute, leading Morocco to continue their World Cup campaign with great confidence. According to the Opta statistics network, Morocco became the first Arab and African team in World Cup history to reach the quarter-finals in two different editions, having previously achieved the same feat in the 2022 World Cup, confirming the sustainability of the Moroccan football project on the global stage. The Atlas Lions' achievements did not stop there; Morocco strengthened its record as the highest-scoring Arab team in a single World Cup edition, after raising its tally to 10 goals in the 2026 World Cup, surpassing the previous record held by Algeria, which scored 7 goals in the 2014 edition. Morocco also asserted its dominance over the record of African teams in World Cup knockout rounds, now holding half of the continent's total victories in that stage, achieving 4 wins out of 8, while Cameroon, Senegal, Ghana, and Egypt each have one win. On the technical level, Morocco delivered one of its most efficient attacking performances, converting 60% of its shots into goals, scoring 3 goals from 5 shots, the highest conversion rate of shots to goals by a team in a World Cup knockout match since 1966, according to Opta statistics. The match also saw the brilliance of Ibrahim Diaz, who continued his impressive performances, becoming the first African player to provide 4 assists in a single World Cup edition, an individual achievement reflecting his significant impact on Morocco's campaign. Meanwhile, the Squawka statistics network noted that Morocco has scored the highest number of different goalscorers in a single World Cup edition compared to all its previous participations, with goals scored by Ismail Saibari, Soufiane Rahimi, Jassim Yassin, Achraf Hakimi, Issa Diop, and Azz Eddine Ounahi, a clear indication of the attacking diversity of the team. Thus, Morocco continues to deliver one of its best ever World Cup campaigns, confirming that the historic achievement in the 2022 World Cup was not an exception but the beginning of a new phase that has made the Atlas Lions a football power capable of competing with the world's elite in the biggest international tournaments.