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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Hassan II Trophy
| logo                 = 
| caption              = 
| organiser            = Royal Moroccan Football Federation
| title                = 
| founded              = 1996
| abolished            = 2008
| region               =
| number of teams      = 4 teams
| qualifier for        =
| related comps        =
| current champions    = {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[France national football team|France]]
| most successful club = {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[France national football team|France]] (2)
}}
The '''Hassan II Trophy''' (official name: ''Coupe internationale Hassan II de football''), was a [[Exhibition match|friendly]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] tournament organised by the [[Royal Moroccan Football Federation]] that was played in [[Casablanca]]. There have been three tournaments: the first in December of 1996, and the remaining two in the summers of 1998 and 2000 as warm-ups to big tournaments such as [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2000]].<ref name=rs>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hassanii.html |title=King Hassan II Tournament – Overview |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>

==Summary==
Four editions took place, in 1996, 1998 and 2000 and 2008. The [[Morocco national football team|Moroccan national team]] competed in each of the four tournaments, along with numerous invited national teams at their choice, and for the first edition in 1996, they tried to invite the 1996 European champions, [[Germany national football team|Germany]], but they refused to participate, so they invited the runners-ups instead, [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]]. The four participants of the [[1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|first edition]] were [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], the 1996 Euro finalists Czech Republic, the newly independent [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] and hosts Morocco. and the inaugural tournament was won by Croatia after prevailing over the Czech Republic in the penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hassanii-96.html |title=King Hassan II Tournament 1996 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref> At least 6 players that started in the Croatia team that started the final would go on to achieve Bronze in the 1998 World Cup two years later.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

[[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], [[England national football team|England]], [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] hosts [[France national football team|France]] and hosts Morocco were the four participants of the [[1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|second edition]], which was won by France after beating Morocco in the final, also on penalties, after 2-2 draw).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hassanii-98.html |title=King Hassan II Tournament 1998 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref> The France team that started the final would go on to win the World Cup a few weeks later.

The [[1999 LG Cup (Morocco)]].

[[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]], [[Japan national football team|Japan]], 1998 World Cup champions [[France national football team|France]] (Morocco favored France probably because of their WWII history) and hosts Morocco were the four participants of the [[2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|third edition]], which was won by France after beating Morocco in the final 5-1.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hassanii-00.html |title=King Hassan II Tournament 2000 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref>

The Moroccans intended to host a fourth edition of the competition in May of 2002 as a warm-up for the [[2002 World Cup]], which would include the 2000 European Champions France, and either [[Japan national football team|Japan]] or [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]], the World Cup hosts, but they failed to hold the tournament for unknown reasons, but some sources claim that was due to geographical problems as Morocco and Japan/South Korea are too far apart, thus interfering with the team's program (schedules, train E.T.C) for the upcoming World Cup.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

The Moroccans then tried to host the fourth edition of the competition in May of 2004, and the [[RSSSF]] states that it took place “probably in May; invited teams possibly [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], South Korea and [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]”, but there is no official records of the 2004 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament.<ref name=rs/> On 28 April 2004, Morocco faced Argentina at [[Stade Mohammed V]], but the game went down as a [[Exhibition game|friendly]].

==Winners==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Third place
|-
|[[1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|1996]]
|{{fb|CRO}}
|{{fb|CZE}}
|{{fb|MAR}}
|-
|[[1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|1998]]
|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|{{fb|ENG}}
|{{fb|MAR}}
|-
|[[2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|2000]]
|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|{{fb|MAR}}
|{{fb|JPN}}
|}

== Top Scorers ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Player
! Team
! Goals
! Tournaments
|-bgcolor="D0F0C0"
| 1 || [[Salaheddine Bassir]] || {{fb|MAR}} || align="center"| 4 || 1996(2) and 1998(2)
|-
| 2 || [[Youri Djorkaeff]] || {{fb|FRA|1974}} || align="center"| 3 || 1998(1) and 2000(2)
|-
| rowspan=4| 3 || [[Radek Drulák]] || {{fb|CZE}} || rowspan=4 align="center"| 2 || 1996(2)
|-
| [[Goran Vlaović]] || {{fb|CRO}} || 1996(2)
|-
| [[Zinedine Zidane]] || {{fb|FRA|1974}} || 1998(1) and 2000(1)
|-
| [[Shoji Jo]] || {{fb|JPN}} || 2000(2)
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Lunar New Year Cup]]
* [[LG Cup (association football)|LG Cup]]
* [[Tournoi de France]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
[http://www.frmf.ma/c_hassan_2.asp Official website]

[[Category:King Hassan II International Cup|     ]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Morocco]]
[[Category:International men's association football invitational tournaments]]