Egypt men's national junior handball team

Egypt
Information
NicknameThe Pharaohs
AssociationEgyptian Handball Federation
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1983)
Best result (1993)
African Junior Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1980)
Best result (1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024)
Last updated on Unknown.
Egypt men's national junior handball team
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
Handball
World Junior Championship
1993 Egypt
1999 Qatar
2019 Spain
African Junior Championship
1982 Benin
1984 Nigeria
1990 Egypt
1992 Tunisia
1996 Egypt
1998 Ivory Coast
2000 Tunisia
2004 Ivory Coast
2006 Ivory Coast
2010 Gabon
2014 Kenya
2018 Morocco
2022 Rwanda
2024 Tunisia
1986 Algeria
1988 Tunisia
2002 Benin
2016 Mali
2012 Ivory Coast

The Egypt national junior handball team is the under-20s national team representing Egypt in the international handball competitions and is controlled by the Egyptian Handball Federation.

History

The Egypt junior handball team has participated in several junior's handball competitions and the first appearance was in the inaugural African Men's Junior Handball Championship in 1980 in Nigeria the team placed fourth, two years later in 1982 in Benin the Egyptian captured the first African and international title and have qualified to the 1983 IHF Men's Junior World Championship sow the first appearance was for good to gain experiences the Egyptian finished in the 13th rank. In the African championship Egypt continued the domination that was normal for them but in the IHF Men's Junior World Championship they were still far from the strongest European team's level. In 1993 Egypt was the host country. The Egyptians exploited the home court advantage and found their way to the final match again the Denmark where they won it by 22–19 and then Egypt became the World Champions.

Competitive record

IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1977 Sweden Disqualified
/ 1979 Denmark/Sweden
1981 Portugal
1983 Finland Preliminary Round 13th of 16 6 2 0 4 105 143 –38
1985 Italy Preliminary Round 15th of 16 6 2 0 4 122 140 –18
1987 Yugoslavia Disqualified
1989 Spain Preliminary Round 15th 6 1 0 5 117 149 –32
1991 Greece Preliminary Round 13th 6 3 0 3 153 141 +12
1993 Egypt Final Champions 7 6 0 1 179 139 +40
1995 Argentina Quarter-Final 6th 8 4 0 4 191 196 –5
1997 Turkey Quarter-Final 6th 9 4 0 5 237 247 –10
1999 Qatar Semi-Final 3rd 8 5 1 2 257 194 +63
2001 Switzerland Main Round 8th 8 4 0 4 192 218 –26
2003 Brazil Main Round 10th 8 1 3 4 196 214 –18
2005 Hungary Main Round 7th 8 6 0 2 235 227 +8
2007 North Macedonia Main Round 6th of 20 8 5 0 3 244 213 +31
2009 Egypt Semi-Final 4th of 24 10 7 0 3 255 241 +14
2011 Greece Semi-Final 4th of 24 9 5 0 4 251 222 +29
2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina Quarter-Final 8th of 24 9 4 1 4 250 243 +6
2015 Brazil Semi-Final 4th of 24 9 5 1 3 282 258 +24
2017 Algeria Preliminary Round 17th of 24 7 3 0 4 193 215 –22
2019 Spain Semi-Final 3rd of 24 9 8 0 1 327 255 +72
2021 Hungary Cancelled
/ 2023 Germany/Greece Main Round 10th of 32 7 5 0 2 245 216 +29
2025 Poland Quarter-Final 6th of 32 8 5 0 3 261 248 +13
Total Qualified:20/25 164 93 6 65 4,292 4,119 +173

African Championship

Year Position
1980 Fourth place
1982 Champions
1984 Champions
1986 Runners-up
1988 Runners-up
1990 Champions
1992 Champions
1996 Champions
1998 Champions
2000 Champions
2002 Runners-up
2004 Champions
2006 Champions
2008 Did not enter
2010 Champions
2012 Third place
2014 Champions
2016 Runners-up
2018 Champions
2020 Cancelled
2022 Champions
2024 Champions
Total Qualified:20/21

Team

The following players are representing Egypt in the U21 World Championship 2025.

A 18-player squad was announced on 13 June 2025.[2][3]

Head coach: Magdy Abou El-Magd

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 CB Mohamed El-Sayed (2004-01-08)8 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.82 m 38 109 National Bank of Egypt Akex Club
5 RB Ziad Abdelrahim (2005-02-18)18 February 2005 (aged 20) 1.96 m 33 60 National Bank of Egypt Akex Club
8 CB Ziad Hashad (2004-03-21)21 March 2004 (aged 21) 1.82 m 15 30 Zamalek
9 LW Mohamed El-Nakkady (2005-12-08)8 December 2005 (aged 19) 1.87 m 30 90 Zamalek
10 RW Mohamed Emad (2004-01-31)31 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.84 m 15 25 Tala'ea El Gaish
14 CB Feras Ragab (2004-01-05)5 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.88 m 36 68 Alexandria
16 GK Youssef Ahmed (2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 21) 1.87 m 28 6 Alexandria
17 LW Omar Baraka (2006-01-30)30 January 2006 (aged 19) 1.88 m 0 0 Smouha
20 LW Belal Masoud (2004-02-08)8 February 2004 (aged 21) 1.82 m 3 4 Bergischer
22 LB Mohamed Mahmoud (2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.90 m 22 37 Al Ahly
24 CB Youssef Laoloua (2006-01-20)20 January 2006 (aged 19) 1.91 m 29 65 Nîmes Gard
30 GK Youssef Salama (2004-05-15)15 May 2004 (aged 21) 1.93 m 28 1 Zamalek
44 P Moaz Azab (2005-10-10)10 October 2005 (aged 19) 1.91 m 36 55 Al Ahly
64 LB Omar Abdelhady (2004-01-14)14 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.85 m 22 43 Tala'ea El Gaish
71 RW Yassin Salem (2004-09-18)18 September 2004 (aged 20) 1.83 m 22 33 Smouha
75 RW Omar Mohamed (2004-10-29)29 October 2004 (aged 20) 1.87 m 15 35 El Shams
96 P Ahmed Taghian (2004-01-06)6 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.89 m 10 25 Tala'ea El Gaish
99 LB Mohamed El-Battawi (2004-09-17)17 September 2004 (aged 20) 1.88 m 10 25 Zamalek

Notable players

  • Mohamed Nakib
  • Gohar Gohar
  • Abdou Ashraf
  • Mahmoud Marzouk
  • Mahmoud Magdi
  • Hussein Osman
  • Radwan Mamdouh
  • Shady sayed
  • Sayed Wael
  • Hegarzy Sherif
  • Dawoud Hatem
  • Hafez Mohi
  • Serag El-Din Sherif
  • El-Alfy Ayman
  • Abdou Hazem
  • Ibrahim Mohammed
  • Abou El-Abbas Sherif
  • Shaker Zaky
  • Omar Sherif
  • Mohab Saeed
  • Omar Emad

Notable coaches

  • Gamal Shams

See also

References

  1. ^ African championship info
  2. ^ "شبابنا جاهزون للمونديال". Egyptian Handball Federation (in Arabic). 13 June 2025 – via Facebook.
  3. ^ "Team Roster – Egypt" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
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