Egypt men's national handball team
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| Nickname | The Pharaohs (الفراعنة) | ||
| Association | Egyptian Handball Federation (الإتحاد المصري لكرة اليد) | ||
| Coach | Roberto García Parrondo | ||
| Assistant coach | Magdy Abou El-Magd Venio Losert | ||
| Captain | Ahmed El-Ahmar | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1992) | ||
| Best result | 4th (2020) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 16 (First in 1964) | ||
| Best result | 4th (2001) | ||
| African Championship | |||
| Appearances | 22 (First in 1979) | ||
| Best result | Winners (1991, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
| Medal record | ||
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| African Championship | ||
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1991 Egypt | |
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1992 Côte d'Ivoire | |
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2000 Algeria | |
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2004 Egypt | |
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2008 Angola | |
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2016 Egypt | |
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2020 Tunisia | |
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1979 Republic of the Congo | |
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1987 Morocco | |
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1989 Algeria | |
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2006 Tunisia | |
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2010 Egypt | |
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2018 Gabon | |
The Egyptian national handball team is the national handball team of Egypt and is controlled by the Egyptian Handball Federation.
Egypt is one of the finest handball teams from Africa along with Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Angola.
Egypt has had two golden generations, one from 1991-2001 and a present one starting from 2019. The first generation was the first non-European team to reach the semifinals in the World Championships. While the current generation became the first African team to reach the semifinals in the Olympic tournament.
History[]
Egypt's first appearance at the IHF World Championship was in 1964, where they failed to win a game. 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 this one win. 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 to a respectable team. This time, Egypt won three matches at the first round, beating Brazil, Kuwait and Belarus.
The team was widely expected not to survive the knockout stage, but surprised the world by beating 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.
Egypt advanced to the quarterfinals every time between 1995 and 2001, arguably the golden age of Egyptian Handball. They also reached 6th place at the 1996 Olympics and 7th at 2000, their best Olympic placements. 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 Czechia 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, having their revenge after winning the close game 21–19. Egypt then became the first non-European team to reach the semi-finals. 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 at 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 quarterfinals any time. Egypt broke this streak at the 2019 World Championship, where they placed eighth. Egypt then went on to host the first 32-team Handball Championship in 2021, finishing seventh after losing to reigning Olympic and World Champions, Denmark on penalties, who later won the tournament.
Egypt beat their rivals Tunisia in their own court, qualifying to the 2020 Olympics. They ended up fourth, being the first African team to ever play in the semifinals. They placed second in the group stage, after beating Portugal, Sweden, Bahrain and Japan, only losing to World Champions Denmark once again. They then made a surprisingly comfortable win against Germany in the quarterfinals, qualifying to the top 4. They then lost to France by a 4-goal margin, despite having had a 4-goal lead early on. They then lost a close game against Spain in the Bronze Medal match, placing 4th, their best performance at the Olympics.
Competitive record[]
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games[]
| Games | Round | Position | PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
 1936 Berlin
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Did not enter | ||||||||
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 1972 Munich-  1976 Montreal
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Did not enter | ||||||||
 1980 Moscow- 1988 Seoul
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1992 Barcelona
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Match for 11th place | 11th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 137 | -18 |
 1996 Atlanta
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Match for 5th place | 6th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 132 | +7 |
 2000 Sydney
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Match for 7th place | 7th of 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 197 | 194 | +3 |
 2004 Athens
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Match for 11th place | 12th of 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 134 | 163 | -29 |
 2008 Beijing
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Group stage | 10th of 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 132 | -5 |
 2012 London
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Group stage | 9th of 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 143 | -14 |
 2020 Tokyo
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Bronze Medal Match | 4th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 239 | 218 | +21 |
 2024 Paris
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To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 7/14 | 0 Titles | 44 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 1084 | 1119 | -35 |
World Championship[]
| Edition | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
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| Germany 1938 |
Did not enter | ||||
 Sweden 1954
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| Germany 1958
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| Germany 1961
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 Czechoslovakia 1964 |
14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sweden 1967 |
Did not enter | ||||
| France 1970
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 East Germany 1974
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 Denmark 1978
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| Germany 1982
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| East Germany 1986
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| Czechoslovakia 1990
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| Sweden 1993 |
12th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
 Iceland 1995 |
6th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Japan 1997 |
6th | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
 Egypt 1999 |
7th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| France 2001 |
4th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
 Portugal 2003 |
15th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Tunisia 2005 |
14th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Germany 2007 |
17th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Croatia 2009 |
14th | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Sweden 2011 |
14th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Spain 2013 |
16th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Qatar 2015 |
14th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| France 2017 |
13th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| / Denmark/Germany 2019 |
8th | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Egypt 2021
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7th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
 / Poland/Sweden 2023
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To be determined | ||||
// Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025
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| Germany 2027
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| Total | 16/30 | 114 | 49 | 7 | 58 |
African Championship[]
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All-Africa Games[]
Mediterranean Games[]
Unofficial tournaments[]
MENA Games[]
Islamic Solidarity Games[]
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | Final Position |
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| Saudi Arabia 2005 | Third place | 7 | 5 | - | 2 | 3rd |
| Indonesia 2013 | No Handball tournament Held | |||||
| Total | 1/1 | 7 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
Results and Fixtures[]
2021[]
| 27 January 2021 18:30 |
Denmark
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39–38 (ET) | Egypt
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Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Attendance: 0 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| M. Hansen 10 | (16–13) | Omar 11 | ||
1× 3× 1×
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Report | 5× 1×
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FT: 28–28 ET: 6–6, 1–1 Pen: 4–3 | ||||
| 24 July 2021 19:30 |
Portugal
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31–37 | Egypt
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| Ferraz 6 | (15–15) | Hesham 7 | ||
| 2× 5×
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Report | 1× 2×
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| 26 July 2021 14:15 |
Egypt
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27–32 | Denmark
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| Hesham 6 | (15–14) | M. Hansen 9 | ||
| 5×
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Report | 2× 5×
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| 28 July 2021 14:15 |
Japan
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29–33 | Egypt
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| Tokuda 8 | (11–18) | El-Ahmar 8 | ||
| 1× 7×
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Report | 2×
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| 30 July 2021 16:15 |
Sweden
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22–27 | Egypt
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| Pellas 7 | (9–13) | Sanad 6 | ||
| 2× 2×
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Report | 2×
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| 1 August 2021 11:00 |
Egypt
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30–20 |  Bahrain
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| El-Ahmar 5 | (15–7) | Habib 4 | ||
| 2× 2×
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Report | 1× 1×
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| 3 August 2021 20:45 |
Germany
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26–31 | Egypt
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
| Golla, Kühn 6 | (12–16) | Omar, Zein 5 | ||
| 1× 3×
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Report | 1× 1×
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| 5 August 2021 17:00 |
France
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27–23 | Egypt
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
| Descat, Mem 5 | (13–13) | El-Ahmar, Omar 5 | ||
| 3× 3×
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Report | 1× 1×
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| 7 August 2021 17:00 |
Egypt
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31–33 | Spain
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
| El-Ahmar, Shebib 7 | (16–19) | Gómez 8 | ||
| 2×
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Report | 2× 4× 1×
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Team[]
Current squad[]
Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Roberto García Parrondo
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Notable former coaches[]
See also[]
- Dr. Hassan Moustafa- Current IHF President
- Egypt men's national junior handball team- Under-20 National team, 1-time World Champion
- Egypt men's national youth handball team- Under-18 National team, 1-time World Champion
- Egypt national beach handball team- 1-time World Champion
References[]
- ^ "HANDBALL: Egypt announce squad for 2021 IHF World Championship". kingfut.com. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Team Roster Egypt" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
External links[]
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