Egypt men's national handball team

Egypt
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Information
Nickname The Pharaohs
(الفراعنة)
Association Egyptian Handball Federation
(الإتحاد المصري لكرة اليد)
Coach Juan Carlos Pastor
Assistant coach Óscar Gutiérrez
Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib
Captain Mohamed Mamdouh Shebib
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 6 (First in 1992)
Best result 4th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances 17 (First in 1964)
Best result 4th (2001)
African Championship
Appearances 22 (First in 1979)
Best result Gold 1st (1991, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.
Egypt men's national handball team
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 1991 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 1992 Côte d'Ivoire
Gold medal – first place 2000 Algeria
Gold medal – first place 2004 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2008 Angola
Gold medal – first place 2016 Egypt
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 1979 Republic of the Congo
Silver medal – second place 1987 Morocco
Silver medal – second place 1989 Algeria
Silver medal – second place 2006 Tunisia
Silver medal – second place 2010 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 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 and Algeria.

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

Egyptian Handball Federation old logo

Egypt's first appearance at the IHF World Championship was in 1964, where they failed to win a single game.

After Egypt started developing their handball infrastructure, Egypt qualified for the 1993 tournament at Sweden. They were able to win a game this time, against Czechoslovakia and they were able to qualify to the second round.

Egypt's performance at the 1995 Championship rose Egypt to a respectable team. Egypt won all three matches in the first round, beating Brazil, Kuwait and Belarus. The team was widely expected not to survive the knockout stage, but beat four-time World Champions Romania in the round of 16. While they were later beaten at the quarterfinals against Croatia, the team was praised back home.

Egypt advanced to the quarterfinals every time between 1995 and 2001. They also reached 6th place at the 1996 Olympics and 7th at 2000. 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 the Czech Republic 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, winning the close game 21–19. 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 in 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 quarterfinal. Egypt broke this streak at the 2019 World Championship, where they placed eighth. Egypt then went on to host the first 32-team Championship in 2021, finishing seventh after losing to reigning World Champions, Denmark on penalties, who later won the tournament.

Egypt beat their rivals Tunisia in their own court, qualifying to the 2020 Olympics. In the group stage, Egypt finished 2nd, after beating Portugal, Sweden, Bahrain and Japan, and losing to World Champions Denmark once again. They then won against Germany in the quarterfinals, progressing to the semifinals. They lost to France by a 4-goal margin, despite having had a 4-goal lead early on. In the Bronze Medal match, Egypt lost to Spain, placing 4th overall.

Egyptian Handball Federation current logo

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Olympic Games

Games Round Position PLD W D L GF GA GD
1936 Berlin did not enter
Handball Tournament not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich did not enter
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona Match for 11th place 11th of 12 6 1 0 5 119 137 -18
1996 Atlanta Match for 5th place 6th of 12 6 3 0 3 139 132 +7
2000 Sydney Match for 7th place 7th of 12 8 4 0 4 197 194 +3
2004 Athens Match for 11th place 12th of 12 6 0 0 6 134 163 -29
2008 Beijing Group stage 10th of 12 5 0 2 3 127 132 -5
2012 London did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro Group stage 9th of 12 5 1 1 3 129 143 -14
2020 Tokyo Bronze Medal Match 4th of 12 8 5 0 3 239 218 +21
2024 Paris to be determined
Total 7/14 0 Titles 44 14 3 27 1084 1119 -35

World Championship

Edition Position Pld W D L
Germany 1938 did not enter
Sweden 1954
Germany 1958
Germany 1961
Czechoslovakia 1964 14th 3 0 0 3
Sweden 1967 did not enter
France 1970
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978
Germany 1982
East Germany 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
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 7th 7 4 2 1
/ Poland/Sweden 2023 7th 9 6 0 3
// Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 to be determined
Germany 2027
Total 17/30 123 55 8 60

African Championship

Year Position
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
South Africa 1998 Third place
Year Position
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
Egypt 2022 Champions
Egypt 2024 Qualified
Total 24/26

All-Africa Games

Mediterranean Games

Unofficial tournaments

MENA Games

  • 1961 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1965 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1992 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1999 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 20071st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 20111st place, gold medalist(s)

Islamic Solidarity Games

Year Round GP W D L Final Position
Saudi Arabia 2005 Third place 7 5 - 2 3rd
Indonesia 2013 No Handball tournament Held
Total 1/1 7 5 - 2 -

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Roberto García Parrondo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Abdelrahman Homayed 15 January 2000 1.92 m 0 0 Al Ahly
7 P Shady Ramadan 21 November 1996 1.86 m 4 3 Zamalek
11 LW Ahmed El-Nakkady 18 March 1993 1.76 m 58 45 Zamalek
15 LB Ahmed Hesham 15 May 2000 1.91 m 49 60 USAM Nîmes Gard
17 CB Ahmed Khairi 15 September 1994 1.88 m 16 20 Al Ahly
24 P Ibrahim El-Masry 11 March 1989 1.92 m 259 78 Al Ahly
31 LW Omar El-Wakil 14 May 1988 1.74 m 215 288 Zamalek
39 CB Yehia El-Deraa 17 July 1995 1.92 m 153 288 Veszprém
42 LB Hassan Kaddah 1 May 2000 2.05 m 49 48 Zamalek
45 CB Seif El-Deraa 19 September 1998 1.87 m 49 76 Zamalek
48 RB Mohab Abdelhak 20 January 2003 1.91 m 12 38 Al Ahly
53 RW Akram Saad 22 November 1994 1.72 m 44 132 Zamalek
55 RB Mohsen Mahmoud 11 March 1998 1.92 m 37 58 Al Ahly
80 P Ahmed Mesilhy 25 November 1994 1.84 m 18 15 Al Ahly
88 GK Karim Handawy 1 May 1988 1.88 m 167 0 Zamalek
89 P Mohamed Mamdouh Shebib 1 April 1989 1.94 m 254 311 Sharjah SC
90 LB Ali Zein 14 December 1990 1.93 m 301 429 Sharjah SC
91 RW Mohamed Sanad 16 January 1991 1.88 m 162 401 USAM Nîmes Gard
92 GK Mohamed Aly 13 November 1992 1.84 m 12 0 Balonmano Sinfín

Notable former coaches

See also