Morocco's national football team, known as the Atlas Lions, held Brazil to a 1–1 draw in their opening Group 3 match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a result sports analysts described as "a draw with the taste of victory." The point lifted Morocco to sixth place in the FIFA world rankings — an unprecedented high for any Arab or African footballing nation — while Brazil remain fifth. Both teams share a point in a group that also includes Scotland and Haiti, as Morocco look to build on their historic run at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, where they became the first Arab and African side ever to reach a semi-final.