Egypt national junior handball team

Egypt
Information
Nickname	The Pharoahs
Association	Egyptian Handball Federation
Colours
Home Away
Results
IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1983)
Best result	Champions (1993)
African Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1980)
Best result	Winners for 12 times
Last updated on Unknown.

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 third, two years later in 1982 in Benin the Egyptian find their way to 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, and for the first time a country from outside Europe since the inaugural in 1977 in Sweden held the tournament. The Egyptians exploited the home court advantage and with a great player generation they stunned all the followers and the media 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 with merit for the first country outside Europe to carry the title.

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 Men's Junior World Handball Championship^[2]

Egypt national junior handball team roster
No.	Pos.	Player Name	Date of Birth	Height	Weight	Current Club
22	GK	Fekry Adly Mohamed	January 1, 1994	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	Al Ahly Handball Club
94	GK	Akram Abdelbaset Mohamed	May 16, 1994	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	Al Ahly Handball Club
02	LW			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
03	LW			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
11	LW			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
20	LW			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
89	LW			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
06	CB			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
09	CB			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
10	LB			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
25	LB			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
39	LB			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
14	RB			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
15	RB			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)
13	RW			1 m (3 ft 3 in)	1 kg (2.2 lb)

Legend

GK-Goalkeeper, LW-Left Winger, RW-Right Winger, LP-Line Player, BP-Back, LB-Left Back, CB-Center Back, RB-Right Back.

Role	Name
Manager	Mohamed Daoud
Head coach	Wael Aly Sayed
Assistant coach	Mohamed Mostafa
Physiotherapist	Ahmed Abdel Moncef

Notable players

• Mohamed Nakib
• Gohar Gohar
• Abdou Ashraf
• Mahmoud Mahmoud
• Mahmoud Magdi
• Hussein Osman
• Radwan Mamdouh
• Sayed Wael
• Hegarzy Sherif
• Dawoud Hatem
• Hafez Mohi
• Serag El-Din Sherif
• El-Alfy Ayman
• Abdou Hazem
• Ibrahim Mohammed
• Abou El-Abbas Sherif

Notable Coaches

• Gamal Shams

References

External links

• Egyptian Handball (in Arabic)