Morocco's Women's World Cup team set to represent the Arab world

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The Morocco World Cup team hold a training session in front of fans in Melbourne. Source: SBS News

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Despite the FIFA Women's World Cup expanding to 32 teams, only one nation will be representing the Arab world. Morocco's team will be aiming to emulate their male counterparts, who reached the semi-finals of last year's World Cup in Qatar.

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