THE PHARAOHS ARE REBUILDING
By winning a 6th continental title at the African Championship last January in Cairo, the Egyptian team managed a double whammy: qualifying for both the 2017 World Championship and the Rio Olympics. Absent from the 2012 event in London, the African team was not able to move past the first group in Brazil, despite a victory against Sweden and a draw against the home team. In the 25th IHF Men’s World Championship organised in France, the Egyptians hope to find the inspiration that previously took them to the semi- finals in Bercy in 2001, when they became the first non-European nation to reach the final four of a World Championship (4th place). Since then, Egypt has not missed a World Championship but has never placed better than 14th (2009). The Pharaohs, with the vast majority of their players competing in Egypt, once again aim for a good result in France.
DID YOU KNOW?
With 25,000 people attending the final of the 1999 World Championship between Russia and Sweden (24-25) in Cairo on the 15th of June 1999, Egypt still holds the record for the largest number of spectators at a World Championship match. This record could be beaten in France because the capacity of Stade Pierre-Mauroy, the largest of the eight venues, and where France will play its third round and quarter-final if it qualifies, is 27,500 people…
COACH: Marwan RAGAB (Egypt)
PLAYERS
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Abdelrahman Aly Sayed Abdou 30/01/1996 Left Back
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Abouelfetoh Ahmed Abouelfetouh Abdelrazek 12/02/1987 Right Back
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Ahmed Moustafa Nasr ElAhmar 27/01/1984 Right Back
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Ahmed Moustafa Nasr Khairy 15/09/1994 Left Wing
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Eslam Hassan Mahmoud Ibrahim Eissa 02/07/1988 Centre Back
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Hady Mahamed Refaat Sakr Shahin 02/09/1986 Goalkeeper
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Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim El Masry 11/03/1989 Pivot
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Karim Ayman Mohamed Abdelrahim 27/10/1992 Left Wing
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Karim Mostafa Hassan Hendawy 01/05/1988 Goalkeeper
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Mamdouh Taha Elhosainy AbouEbaid 01/01/1988 Right Back
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Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim Ramadan 07/03/1984 Pivot
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Mohamed Hesham Ahmed Elbassiouny 10/05/1990 Centre Back
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Mohamed Mamdouh Hashem Shebib 01/04/1989 Goalkeeper
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Mohammad Hisham Mohammad Anis Aly Sanad 16/01/1991 Right Wing
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Yehia Mohamed Yehiaelderaa 17/07/1995 Left Back
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Yahia Khaled Mahmoud Fathy Omar 09/09/1997 Right Wing