The Egyptian national handball team is the national handball team of Egypt, which represents Egypt in international matches. It is supervised by the Egyptian Handball Federation. Egypt was the first non-European team to reach the semifinals of the World Championships, and the first African team to reach the semifinals in the Olympic tournament.
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| Nickname | The Pharaohs | ||
| Association | Egyptian Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Juan Carlos Pastor | ||
| Assistant coach | Hany El-Fakharany | ||
| Captain | Mohamed Mamdouh Shebib | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 8 (First in 1992) | ||
| Best result | 4th (2020) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 18 (First in 1964) | ||
| Best result | 4th (2001) | ||
| African Championship | |||
| Appearances | 24 (First in 1979) | ||
| Best result |  1st (1991, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
Egypt men handball team is widely regarded as the finest handball team in Africa.
History edit
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.
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Competitive record edit
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games edit
| Games | Round | Position | PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
 1936 Berlin
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 1972 Munich
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did not enter | ||||||||
 1976 Montreal
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 1980 Moscow
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 1984 Los Angeles
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 1988 Seoul
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 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 | 220 | +19 |
 2024 Paris
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qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 8/14 | 0 Titles | 44 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 1084 | 1121 | -37 |
World Championship edit
| 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 |
7th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
 / Poland/Sweden 2023 |
7th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
/ / Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025
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qualified | ||||
| Germany 2027
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to be determined | ||||
| / France/Germany 2029
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| / / Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
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| Total | 18/32 | 123 | 55 | 8 | 60 |
African Championship edit
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All-Africa Games edit
Mediterranean Games edit
Unofficial tournaments edit
MENA Games edit
Islamic Solidarity Games edit
| 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 | - |
Team edit
Current squad edit
Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]
Head coach: Nunny
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Notable former coaches edit
See also edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "Team Roster Egypt" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
