Egypt national handball team

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Egypt
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Information
NicknameThe Pharaohs
(الفراعنة)
Association Egyptian Handball Federation
(الإتحاد المصري لكرة اليد)
Coach Roberto García Parrondo
Colours
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Home
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Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1992 )
Best result6th (1996)
World Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1964 )
Best result4th (2001)
African Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1979 )
Best resultWinners (1991, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020)
Last updated on Unknown.
Egypt national handball team
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Egypt
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Côte d'Ivoire
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Algeria
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Egypt
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Angola
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Egypt
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tunisia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1979 Republic of the Congo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Morocco
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1989 Algeria
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Tunisia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Egypt
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gabon

The Egyptian national handball team is the national handball team of Egypt and is controlled by the Egyptian Handball Federation.

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Egypt is considered to be one of the top-tier handball teams in Africa along with Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Angola.

The team's performance in the 1990s boosted the sport's popularity in the country and attracted media and public attention, especially after scoring a huge upset against former World champions Romania at the 1995 World Men's Handball Championship held in Iceland.

Egypt's "Dream Team" was the first non-European team to reach the semi-finals, doing so in the 2001 Men's tournament that was held in France.

Egypt has won the second most medals at the African cup, with their most recent win in 2020.

History

Egyptian Handball Federation old logo Egypt national handball team.png
Egyptian Handball Federation old logo

Egypt's first performance at the IHF World Championship was in 1964, where they failed to earn a single point. But since they were the first African team to participate at the tournament, and the fact that non-European teams were heavily underdeveloped back then, it was considered a major achievement.

After Egypt started developing their handball infrastructure, Egypt were able to qualify for the 1993 tournament at Sweden. They were able to win a game this time, against Czechoslovakia and were able to progress to the next round with one win and two losses. In the second round, however, despite close matches against all three opponents – Romania, France and Switzerland (going as far as 26–27 with Romania) – Egypt failed to progress to the next stage.

Egypt's performance at the 1995 Championship is what raised Egypt as a strong team. This time, Egypt was able to win against three out of five teams at the first round, beating Brazil, Kuwait and a close match against Belarus.

Egypt who were widely expected not to survive the knockout stage, beat former World Champions Romania in the round of 16. While they were later beaten at the quarterfinals against Croatia, the team was highly praised back home. Handball continued to grow at Egypt and a rivalry formed between Egypt and Tunisia.

At the 1996 Olympics Egypt had their best performance after losing the 5th place match.

Egypt advanced to the quarterfinals every time between 1995 and 2001. In 1999, when it was hosted in Egypt, they failed to pass to the semi-finals after a loss against Russia.

In the 2001 IHF World Championship, Egypt beat Morocco, Portugal and Iceland, drew with Czechia and lost to Sweden. At the knockout stage, Egypt beat fellow Africans, Algeria. At the quarterfinal, where Egypt has been knocked out three times prior, Egypt was against Russia again. Egypt were able to have their revenge after winning the close game 21–19. Egypt then became the first non-European team to reach the World Championship semi-finals. However, after losses against France and Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Egypt placed fourth. This was the best performance by a non-European team until it was equaled by Tunisia in 2005. It was not until Qatar at 2015, got the silver medal, that Egypt's record was broken. However, Qatar's team was not without controversies.

Between 2003 and 2017, Egypt qualified every time but failed to impress, failing to advance to the quarterfinals every time. Egypt recently broke this streak at the 2019 IHF World Championship, where they placed eight. A year later, Egypt would beat their North African Rivals Tunisia in their own turf, qualifying to the 2020 Olympics.

And with Egypt hosting the first 32-team Handball Championship in 2021, there are hopes for a second Egyptian Golden Generation.

Egyptian Handball Federation current logo Egyptian Handball Federation (logo).png
Egyptian Handball Federation current logo

Competitive record

    Champions      Runners-up       Third place       Fourth place Olympic Games

GamesRoundPositionPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936 Berlin Did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Munich Did not enter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Montreal Did not participate
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 Moscow Did not qualify
Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona Match for 11th place11th of 126105119137−18
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta Match for 5th place6th of 126303139132+7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney Match for 7th place7th of 128404197194+3
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Match for 11th place12th of 126006134163−29
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing Group stage10th of 125023127132−5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London Did not qualify
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group stage9th of 125113129143−14
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo Qualified
Total7/140 Titles369324845901−56

World Championship

YearPositionPldWDL
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Germany 1938 Did not enter
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1954
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1958
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1961
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 1964 14th3003
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1967 Did not enter
Flag of France.svg France 1970
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1974
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1978
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1982
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1986
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 1990
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1993 12th7106
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 1995 6th9504
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1997 6th9612
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1999 7th9603
Flag of France.svg France 2001 4th9513
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 2003 15th7214
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2005 14th5302
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2007 17th6204
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2009 14th9405
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2011 14th7205
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2013 16th6114
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 2015 14th6213
Flag of France.svg France 2017 13th6303
Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Germany.svg Denmark/Germany 2019 8th9315
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2021 Qualified as host
Flag of Poland.svg / Flag of Sweden.svg Poland/Sweden 2023 To be determined
Flag of Croatia.svg / Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Norway.svg Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2027
Total16/3010745656

African Championship

YearPosition
Tunisia 1974 Did not enter
Algeria 1976 Disqualified
Republic of the Congo 1979 Runners-up
Tunisia 1981 Fourth place
Egypt 1983 Fourth place
Angola 1985 Fourth place
Morocco 1987 Runners-up
Algeria 1989 Runners-up
Egypt 1991 Champions
Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Champions
Tunisia 1994 Third place
Benin 1996 Third place
YearPosition
South Africa 1998 Third place
Algeria 2000 Champions
Morocco 2002 Third place
Egypt 2004 Champions
Tunisia 2006 Runners-up
Angola 2008 Champions
Egypt 2010 Runners-up
Morocco 2012 Third place
Algeria 2014 Third place
Egypt 2016 Champions
Gabon 2018 Runners-up
Tunisia 2020 Champions
Total22/24

All-Africa Games

Mediterranean Games

Pan Arab Games

Islamic Solidarity Games

YearRoundGPWDLFinal Position
Saudi Arabia 2005 Third place75-23rd
Indonesia 2013 No Handball tournament Held
Total1/175-2-

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. [1]

Head coach: David Davis

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
5RB Yahia Omar (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 22)1.95 m90 Flag of Hungary.svg Veszprém
9CB Eslam Eissa (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 31)1.90 m365 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
17CB Ahmed Khairy (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 (age 25)1.88 m91 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
18P Mohamed Maher (1992-05-26) 26 May 1992 (age 27)1.95 m26 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Gazira
22LB Omar Hagag (1990-03-13) 13 March 1990 (age 30)1.90 m199 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
24P Ibrahim El-Masry (1989-03-11) 11 March 1989 (age 31)1.95 m158 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
25P Wisam Nawar (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 30)1.85 m152 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
28LB Abdelrahman Abdou (1996-01-30) 30 January 1996 (age 24)1.92 m54 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
31LW Omar El-Wakil (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 31)1.76 m197 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
39LB Yehia El-Deraa (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 24)1.90 m145 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
53RW Akram Saad (1994-11-22) 22 November 1994 (age 25)1.82 m82 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
66RB Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984-01-27) 27 January 1984 (age 36)1.89 m705 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
88GK Karim Handawy (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 31)1.88 m369 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş
89P Mohamed Shebib (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 31)1.91 m175 Flag of France.svg Montpellier Handball
90LB Ali Zein (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 29)1.94 m239 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah
91RW Mohamed Sanad (1991-01-16) 16 January 1991 (age 29)1.91 m214 Flag of France.svg USAM Nîmes Gard
92LW Karim Abdelrahim (1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 (age 27)1.87 m89 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
96GK Mohamed El-Tayar (1996-04-07) 7 April 1996 (age 24)1.92 m51 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly

Notable former coaches

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