Egypt men's national basketball team

Egypt

FIBA ranking	62 2 (9 August 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA	1934
FIBA zone	FIBA Africa
National federation	Egyptian Basketball Federation
Coach	Amr Abouelkhir
Nickname(s)	The Pharaohs
Olympic Games
Appearances	7
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	6
AfroBasket
Appearances	21
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 Third Fourth

The Egyptian national basketball team is organized and run by the Egyptian Basketball Federation (Arabic: الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة‎).^[2]

Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 is its most celebrated achievement. 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.^{[citation needed]} The title of the EuroBasket 1949, is the most prestigious basketball title of an African nation as well.^{[citation needed]} At the FIBA Africa Championship, Egypt holds a record number of 17 medals (alongside Angola).^{[citation needed]} Egypt joined the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) in 1934 and has Africa's longest basketball tradition.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

EuroBasket 1937[]

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. 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 in what was considered the world basketball championship at the time 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[]

In much later years Mohammed Sayed-Soliman Known as Salaawa was the 1984 Olympic Games top-scorer.^{[citation needed]} Medhat Warda was the best player in Africa 1983 and Amro Aboulkhair was considered by some critics the second best point guard in the 1984 olympics.^{[citation needed]} Ismail Ahmed and Alain Attalah were also among the most prominent players^{[citation needed]}

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, college-standout , the Egyptian American Omar Samhan, and all star forward in the Lebanese Basketball League.^{[citation needed]}

Performance table[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1936	15–18	Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics	Berlin, Germany
1948	19	Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
1952	9–16	Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics	Helsinki, Finland
1972	16	Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics	Munich, Germany
1976	12	Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal, Canada
1984	12	Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics	Los Angeles, United States
1988	12	Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea

FIBA World Cup[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1950	5	1950 FIBA World Championship	Buenos Aires, Argentina
1959	11	1959 FIBA World Championship	Chile
1970	13	1970 FIBA World Championship	Yugoslavia
1990	16	1990 FIBA World Championship	Argentina
1994	14	1994 FIBA World Championship	Canada
2014	24	2014 FIBA World Cup	Spain
2019	Did not qualify	2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup	China
2023	To Be Determined	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Philippines, Japan and Indonesia

FIBA EuroBasket[]

Between 1937 and 1953, Egypt competed in the European Championship.

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1937	8	EuroBasket 1937	Riga, Latvia
1939	–	EuroBasket 1939	Kaunas, Lithuania
1946	–	EuroBasket 1946	Geneva, Switzerland
1947		EuroBasket 1947	Prague, Czechoslovakia
1949		EuroBasket 1949	Cairo, Egypt
1951	–	EuroBasket 1951	Paris, France
1953	8	EuroBasket 1953	Moscow, USSR

FIBA Africa Championship[]

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1962		FIBA Africa Championship 1962	Cairo, Egypt
1964		FIBA Africa Championship 1964	Casablanca, Morocco
1965	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1965	Tunis, Tunisia
1968	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1968	Casablanca, Morocco
1970		FIBA Africa Championship 1970	Alexandria, Egypt
1972		FIBA Africa Championship 1972	Dakar, Senegal
1974	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1974	Bangui, Central African Republic
1975		FIBA Africa Championship 1975	Alexandria, Egypt
1978		FIBA Africa Championship 1978	Dakar, Senegal
1980	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1980	Rabat, Morocco
1981		FIBA Africa Championship 1981	Mogadishu, Somalia
1983		FIBA Africa Championship 1983	Alexandria, Egypt
1985		FIBA Africa Championship 1985	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
1987		FIBA Africa Championship 1987	Tunis, Tunisia
1989		FIBA Africa Championship 1989	Luanda, Angola
1992		FIBA Africa Championship 1992	Cairo, Egypt
1993		FIBA Africa Championship 1993	Nairobi, Kenya
1995	–	FIBA Africa Championship 1995	Algiers, Algeria
1997	4	FIBA Africa Championship 1997	Dakar, Senegal
1999		FIBA Africa Championship 1999	Luanda, Angola
2001		FIBA Africa Championship 2001	Casablanca, Morocco
2003		FIBA Africa Championship 2003	Alexandria, Egypt
2005	–	FIBA Africa Championship 2005	Algiers, Algeria
2007	4	FIBA Africa Championship 2007	Luanda, Angola
2009	10	FIBA Africa Championship 2009	Tripoli Libya
2011	11	FIBA Africa Championship 2011	Antananarivo, Madagascar
2013		2013 FIBA Africa Championship	Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire
2015	5	2015 FIBA Africa Championship	Radès, Tunisia
2017	8	AfroBasket 2017	Radès, Tunisia & Dakar, Senegal
2021	11	AfroBasket 2021	Kigali, Rwanda

African Games[]

• 1965 :
• 1973 :
• 1991 :
• 1995 :
• 1999 :
• 2007 :
• 2011 : 5th
• 2015 :
• 2019 : To Be Determined

Pan Arab Games[]

• 1953 :
• 1957 : ?
• 1961 :
• 1965 :
• 1976 : ?
• 1985 : ?
• 1992 : ?
• 1997 : ?
• 1999 :
• 2004 :
• 2007 :
• 2011 :

Mediterranean Games[]

• 1951 Alexandria:
• 1959 Beirut:
• 1979 Split:
• 2005 Almería: 5th
• 2013 Mersin: 6th
• : To Be Determined

Team[]

Current roster[]

Team for the AfroBasket 2021.^[3]

Egypt men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 0 24 – (1997-02-15)15 February 1997 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Al Ittihad G 4 Ehab Saleh 26 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Al Ahly PF 5 Amr Abdelhalim 30 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Ahly PG 8 23 – (1998-04-05)5 April 1998 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Smouha PF 10 Anas Mahmoud 26 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Zamalek F 12 28 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Ittihad PG 13 25 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Sporting Alexandria C 14 Moustafa Elmekawi 26 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Zamalek C 22 22 – (1999-02-24)24 February 1999 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Al Ittihad C 42 29 – (1992-03-15)15 March 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Ittihad SG 44 Omar Hesham 26 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Zamalek C 55 29 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Al Ahly	Head coach Ahmed Marei Assistant coach(es) Wessam El-Diasty Mohamed Selim Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 August 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Haytham Kamal	Moustafa Elmekawi	Ahmed Bakr
PF	Rami Ibrahim	Ahmed Mohamed
SF	Abdel Nader	Romeh El-Sadani	Youssef Shousha
SG	Ibrahim El-Gammal	Amr Gendy
PG	Ramy Gunady	Motaz Okasha	Mouhanad El-Sabagh

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 25 – (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Phoenix Suns C Omar Samhan 30 – (1988-11-03)3 November 1988 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) F Assem Marei 26 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Brose Bamberg F Ismail Ahmed Abdelmoneim 42 – (1976-09-23)23 September 1976 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Al Riyadi BC	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 10 March 2019

Head coach history[]

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) 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) Al Ittihad G 13 Moustafa Elmekawi 19 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) El 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 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 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 national 3x3 team

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egypt national basketball team.

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