Egypt men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Egypt women's national basketball team.

Egypt

FIBA ranking	40 1 (1 March 2024) [1]
Joined FIBA	1934
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	EBF
Coach	Henrik Rödl
Nickname(s)	The Pharaohs
Olympic Games
Appearances	7
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	7
AfroBasket
Appearances	24
Medals	Gold: (1962, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1983) Silver: (1972, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2013) Bronze: (1978, 1985, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2003)
EuroBasket
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: (1949) Bronze: (1947)
Home Away

The Egypt national basketball team represents Egypt in international basketball competitions. The team is directed by the Egyptian Basketball Federation. ^[2]

Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 has been the team's most celebrated achievement. They are the only non-European nation to win the competition. In addition its 5th-place finish at the 1950 FIBA World Championship as well as its 9th-place finish at the 1952 Summer Olympics, remain the best results ever of an African nation at each tournament. The title of the EuroBasket 1949, is the most prestigious basketball title of an African nation as well. At the FIBA Africa Championship, Egypt holds a record number of 17 medals (alongside Angola). Egypt joined the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) in 1934 and has Africa's longest basketball tradition.

History

EuroBasket 1937

Egyptians posing with EuroBasket 1937 champions Lithuanians.

The Egyptians finished last at the second European basketball championship, the EuroBasket 1937 held by FIBA Europe continental federation. They had lost their first two preliminary round games against Estonia and Lithuania before withdrawing from the tournament. Their remaining matches were lost by default, including the final preliminary match, the classification semi-final, and the 7th/8th playoff.

EuroBasket 1947

Egypt was much more successful in their next appearance, the EuroBasket 1947. They won all three of their preliminary group matches and their first semi-final group game. Their only loss of the tournament came to eventual gold medallist Soviet Union in the second semi-final group game, before Egypt won their third. Their 2–1 record in the semi-final group placed them second and set up a bronze medal match against Belgium, whom Egypt had defeated in the preliminary round. Egypt won again in a close 50–48 match, winning their first European medal.^{[ citation needed ]}

EuroBasket 1949

The following championship was both hosted and won by Egypt. ^[3] In a relatively small event with seven teams, none of which had placed better than third previously (France and Egypt had both done so), the Egyptians had little trouble winning their first five games. By the luck of the draw, Egypt did not face France until the last game of the tournament, so while the standings were based entirely on the seven-team round robin, the two undefeated teams found themselves facing each other in the last game of the tournament. Dominating 36–16 after the first half, the Egyptians added another point to their lead in the second half to win the game 57–36. The star player and captain was Albert Tadros. Overall, some of the prominent players include winners of the event were Tadros & Hussain Montasser. Later, Tadros was honored as the best player and Montasser was the top-scorer.^{[ citation needed ]}

EuroBasket 1953

In Moscow, the Egyptian team once again competed. The EuroBasket 1953 saw the Egypt squad win their preliminary group easily, scoring more points in the round than anyone save the Soviet Union and Bulgaria, the latter of which had had one more game than Egypt. The final round was less conducive to Egyptian success, however; they defeated only Italy on their way to a 1–6 record. Their six losses included a forfeit to Israel, whom Egypt refused to play. The squad took 8th place of the 8 teams in the final round and 17 overall.

Later years

Egypt against Rwanda

In much later years Mohammed Sayed-Soliman Known as Salaawa was the 1984 Olympic Games top-scorer. ^[4]

In the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, several of Egypt's elite players did not compete at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship. Most notably, Omar Orabi, the Egyptian American Omar Samhan, and Ahmad Ismail all star forward in the Lebanese Basketball League.

Performance table

Olympic Games

Egypt withdrew from the 1972 tournament following the events of the Munich massacre. At the 1976 Olympics, Egypt withdrew after one game following the boycott of several African countries against New Zealand.

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L
1936	Consolation round	15th–18th	3	0	3
1948	Classification playoffs	19th	7	2	5
1952		9th–16th	6	3	3
1956	did not qualify
1960
1964
1968
1972	Classification round	16th	9	0	9
1976	Preliminary round	12th	7	0	7
1980	did not qualify
1984	Preliminary round	12th	7	0	7
1988	Preliminary round	12th	7	0	7
1992	did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	7/20		46	5	41

FIBA World Cup

World Cup							Qualification
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L		GP	W	L
1950	Final round	5th	7	4	3		AfroBasket served as qualification
1954	Did not qualify
1959	Classification round	11th	6	1	5
1963	Did not qualify
1967
1970	Classification round	13th	8	0	8
1974	Did not qualify
1978
1982
1986
1990	Classification round	16th	8	0	8
1994	Classification round	14th	8	1	7
1998	Did not qualify
2002
2006
2010
2014	Preliminary round	24th	5	0	5
2019	Did not qualify						12	7	5
2023	Classification round	20th	5	2	3		12	8	4
2027	To be determined						To be determined
Total	7/20		47	8	39		24	15	9

EuroBasket

EuroBasket
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1937	8th	5	0	5
1947		6	5	1
1949		6	6	0
1953	8th	10	4	6
Total		27	15	12

FIBA Africa Championship

Egypt has won a record 17 medals at the AfroBasket (formerly the African Championship) and is tied for second for most titles (5), trailing Angola. Egypt hosted the tournament a record six times, winning a medal in each of those tournaments including four gold medals.
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

AfroBasket							Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L		GP	W	L	–
1962	Champions	1st	4	4	0
1964	Champions	1st	5	5	0
1965	did not enter
1968
1970	Champions	1st	5	5	0
1972	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	1
1974	did not enter
1975	Champions	1st	5	5	0
1978	Third place	3rd	6	5	1
1980	did not enter
1981	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	2
1983	Champions	1st	6	6	0
1985	Third place	3rd	7	5	2
1987	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2
1989	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	2
1992	Third place	3rd	6	5	1
1993	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	1
1995	did not enter
1997	Fourth place	4th	5	2	3
1999	Third place	3rd	7	6	1
2001	Third place	3rd	7	5	2
2003	Third place	3rd	7	5	2
2005	did not enter
2007	Fourth place	4th	6	3	3
2009	Eightfinal round	10th	8	2	6		4	3	1	2009
2011	Round of 16	11th	5	2	3		Wild card
2013	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	4		3	3	0	2013
2015	Quarter-finals	5th	7	6	1		4	4	0	2015
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	2		5	5	0	2017
2021	Eightfinals	11th	4	1	3		5	5	0	2021
2025	to be determined						to be determined
Total	24/30		143	101	42	19	16	3	–

AfroCan

• 2019 – 9th

African Games

• 1965 –
• 1973 –
• 1991 –
• 1995 –
• 1999 –
• 2007 –
• 2011 – 5th
• 2015 –
• 2019 –

Pan Arab Games

• 1953 –
• 1961 –
• 1965 –
• 1999 –
• 2004 –
• 2007 –
• 2011 –

Mediterranean Games

• 1951 Alexandria –
• 1959 Beirut –
• 1979 Split –
• 2005 Almería – 5th
• 2013 Mersin – 6th
• 2022 Oran – : 9th

Team

Current roster

Team for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. ^{[5] [ non-primary source needed ] [6]}

Egypt men's national basketball team – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 0 Amr Zahran 21 – (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ahly PG 1 Karim El-Gizawy 18 – (2005-01-13)13 January 2005 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ahly G 4 Ehab Amin 28 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Al Ahly PF 5 Amr Gendy  (C) 32 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Ahly G 7 Adam Moussa 21 – (2002-07-14)14 July 2002 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Tarleton State Texans PF 10 Anas Mahmoud 28 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Al Ittihad SG 12 Youssef Aboushousha 30 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Ittihad C 15 Patrick Gardner 23 – (2000-01-01)1 January 2000 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Marist Red Foxes PF 28 Khaled Abdelgawad 24 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Zamalek SG 44 Omar Hesham 28 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Zamalek C 50 Assem Marei 31 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Changwon LG Sakers C 55 Omar Oraby 31 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Al Ahly	Head coach Roy Rana Assistant coach(es) Wael Badr Mohamed Selim Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 25 August 2023

Notable players

Other current notable players from Egypt:

Egypt roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F Abdel Nader 28 – (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Phoenix Suns F Assem Marei 29 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) LG Sakers F Ismael Massoud 21 – (2000-05-06)6 May 2000 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Kansas State Wildcats F Shadi Nafea 19 – (2002-06-02)2 June 2002 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Forio Basket 1977	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 1 January 2022

Head coach history

• Fouad Abdel Meguid El-Kheir – 1983
• Adel Sabri – 1985–1993
• Robert Taylor – 1993–1994
• Adel Sabri – 1995–1997
• Mario Blasone – 1998–1999 ^{[7] [8]}
• Adel Sabri – 2000–2003 ^[9]
• Ashraf Tawfik – 2004–2006
• Adel Abdel Fattah – 2006–2007
• Sami Al Sharoni – 2008
• Željko Zečević – 2009
• Miodrag Perišić – 2011
• Amr Aboul Kheir – 2012–2014 ^[10]
• Ahmed Marei – 2015–2016
• Juan Antonio Orenga – 2016–2017 ^[11]
• Amr Aboul Kheir – 2017–2018 ^[12]
• Essam Abdel Hamid – 2019 ^[13]
• Ahmed Marei – 2019–2021
• Roy Rana – 2022–present ^[14]

Past rosters

1947 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 14 teams

Albert Tadros, Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Youssef Abbas, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Wahid Saleh, Zaki Harari, Hassan Moawad, Zaki Yehia, Guido Acher, Maurice Calife

EuroBasket 1949: finished 1st among 7 teams

Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Albert Tadros, Youssef Abouaouf, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Nessim Salah el-Dine, Wahid Saleh, Medhat Youssef, Mohammed Soliman, Youssef Abbas, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore), Team captain: Albert Tadros

Team for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Egypt men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 4 Seif Samir 21 – (1993-06-05)5 June 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Ahly G 5 Amr Gendy 23 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Gezira C 6 Haytham Kamal 26 – (1987-11-17)17 November 1987 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Ittihad G 7 Wael Badr  (C) 35 – (1978-12-01)1 December 1978 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Sporting F 8 Moamen Abouelanin 28 – (1986-06-25)25 June 1986 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Ittihad G 9 Ibrahim El-Gammal 26 – (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ahly G 10 Mouhanad El-Sabagh 26 – (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Al Ittihad G 11 Sherif Genedy 35 – (1979-04-03)3 April 1979 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Gezira F 12 Youssef Shousha 21 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sporting G 13 Moustafa Elmekawi 19 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Zamalek F 14 Rami Ibrahim 26 – (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Ittihad F 15 Ashraf Rabie 31 – (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Ittihad	Head coach Amr Aboul Kheir Assistant coach(es) Sabry Saleh Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 30 August 2014

Team for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship.

Egypt men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club C 1 Haytham Kamal 27 – (1987-11-17)17 November 1987 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Ittihad G 4 Ehab Amin 20 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Texas A&M Corpus Christi G 5 Amr Gendy 24 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Gezira G 6 Ramy Gunady  (C) 33 – (1981-12-20)20 December 1981 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Zamalek G 9 Ibrahim El-Gammal 27 – (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ahly G 10 Ahmed Tawfik 27 – (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Sporting C 11 Aly Ahmed 23 – (1992-03-15)15 March 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CSU Bakersfield University F 12 Youssef Shousha 22 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sporting F 14 Rami Ibrahim 27 – (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Ittihad G 30 Ahmed Hesham 22 – (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Sporting F 50 Assem Marei 23 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Minnesota State University F 55 Omar Oraby 23 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Gezira	Head coach Ahmed Marei Assistant coach(es) Mohamed Gaber Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

See also

• Egypt national under-19 basketball team
• Egypt national under-17 basketball team
• Egypt women's national basketball team
• Egypt men's national 3x3 team
• Egypt women's national 3x3 team

References

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4. "1984 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". archive.fiba.com. 10 August 1984. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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6. "Team roster: Egypt" (PDF). FIBA. 25 August 2023.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). fiba.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2017.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). deposoft.com.ar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2017.
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11. "Juan Antonio Orenga será... ¡seleccionador de Egipto!". Solobasket. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
12. "عمرو أبو الخير مديراً فنياً لمنتخب السلة خلفاً لأورينجا – بوابة الشروق". Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
13. "Essam Abdel Hamid". elwatannews.com. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
14. "Canada's Roy Rana to guide Egyptian men's basketball team". CBC Sports . 3 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Egypt Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Afrobasket – Egypt Men National Team