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Egypt men's national handball team

Egypt men's national handball team

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The Egyptian national handball team is the national handball team of Egypt, which represents Egypt in international matches. It is supervised by the Egyptian Handball Federation. Egypt was the first non-European team to reach the semifinals of the World Championships, and the first African team to reach the semifinals in the Olympic tournament.

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Egypt men handball team is widely regarded as the finest handball team in Africa.

History

Egyptian Handball Federation old logo

Egypt's first appearance at the IHF World Championship was in 1964, where they failed to win a single game.

After Egypt started developing their handball infrastructure, Egypt qualified for the 1993 tournament at Sweden. They were able to win a game this time, against Czechoslovakia and they were able to qualify to the second round.

Egypt's performance at the 1995 Championship rose Egypt to a respectable team. Egypt won all three matches in the first round, beating Brazil, Kuwait and Belarus. The team was widely expected not to survive the knockout stage, but beat four-time World Champions Romania in the round of 16. While they were later beaten at the quarterfinals against Croatia, the team was praised back home.

Egypt advanced to the quarterfinals every time between 1995 and 2001. They also reached 6th place at the 1996 Olympics and 7th at 2000. Egypt hosted the World Championship in 1999 for the first time, failing to reach the semi-finals after a loss against Russia.

In the 2001 IHF World Championship, Egypt beat Morocco, Portugal and Iceland, drew with the Czech Republic and lost to Sweden. At the knockout stage, Egypt beat fellow Africans, Algeria. At the quarterfinals, where Egypt has been knocked out three times prior, Egypt faced Russia again, winning the close game 21–19. After losses against France and Yugoslavia, Egypt placed fourth. This was the best performance by a non-European team until it was equaled by Tunisia in 2005 and beaten by Qatar in 2015.

Between 2003 and 2017, Egypt qualified to every tournament save for the 2012 Olympics, but failed to impress, never advancing to the quarterfinal. Egypt broke this streak at the 2019 World Championship, where they placed eighth. Egypt then went on to host the first 32-team Championship in 2021, finishing seventh after losing to reigning World Champions, Denmark on penalties, who later won the tournament.

Egypt beat their rivals Tunisia in their own court, qualifying to the 2020 Olympics. In the group stage, Egypt finished 2nd, after beating Portugal, Sweden, Bahrain and Japan, and losing to World Champions Denmark once again. They then won against Germany in the quarterfinals, progressing to the semifinals. They lost to France by a 4-goal margin, despite having had a 4-goal lead early on. In the Bronze Medal match, Egypt lost to Spain, placing 4th overall.

Egyptian Handball Federation current logo

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Olympic Games

Games Round Position PLD W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1936 Berlin did not enter
Handball Tournament not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich did not enter
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona Match for 11th place 11th of 12 6 1 0 5 119 137 -18
United States 1996 Atlanta Match for 5th place 6th of 12 6 3 0 3 139 132 +7
Australia 2000 Sydney Match for 7th place 7th of 12 8 4 0 4 197 194 +3
Greece 2004 Athens Match for 11th place 12th of 12 6 0 0 6 134 163 -29
China 2008 Beijing Group stage 10th of 12 5 0 2 3 127 132 -5
United Kingdom 2012 London did not qualify
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group stage 9th of 12 5 1 1 3 129 143 -14
Japan 2020 Tokyo Bronze Medal Match 4th of 12 8 5 0 3 239 220 +19
France 2024 Paris qualified
Total 8/14 0 Titles 44 14 3 27 1084 1121 -37

World Championship

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African Championship

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All-Africa Games

Mediterranean Games

Unofficial tournaments

MENA Games

  • 1961 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1965 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1992 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1999 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2007 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2011 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Islamic Solidarity Games

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Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Nunny

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Notable former coaches

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Team Roster Egypt" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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