Egypt national handball team

Infobox National handball team
Name = Egypt
Badge = Egypt national handball team.gif
Nickname = -
Association = Egyptian Handball Federation
Coach = , ?-
Most caps = ?

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World cup apps = 9
World cup first = 1964
World cup best = Semifinal, 2001
Regional name = African Nations Championship
Regional cup apps = 9
Regional cup first = 1991
Regional cup best = Winners 1991, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2004

The Egyptian national handball team is the national handball team of Egypt and is controlled by the Egyptian Handball Federation.
The Team's performance in the 90's boosted the sport's popularity in the country and attracted media and official attention, especially after scoring a huge upset against former World champions Romania in the 1995 World Men's Handball Championship held in Iceland.

Egypt also became the first non-European team to reach the World Championship semi-finals in the 2001 Men's tournament that was held in France. The Egyptians dubbed that team the "Dream Team"Fact|date=February 2007

Although the team's performance has slumped in recent years, it's still dominant as a regional and continental powern.

African Nations Championship Record

*1979 - 2nd
*1981 - 4th
*1983 - 4th
*1985 - 2nd
*1987 - 2nd
*1989 - 2nd
*1991 - Winners
*1992 - Winners
*1994 - 3rd
*1996 - 3rd
*1998 - 3rd
*2000 - Winners
*2002 - 3rd
*2004 - Winners
*2006 - 2nd
*2008 - Winners

World Men's Handball Championship Record

* 1964 - 15th
* 1993 - 12th
* 1995 - 6th
* 1997 - 6th
* 1999 - 7th
* 2001 - 4th
* 2003 - 15th
* 2005 - 14th
* 2007 - 17th

Olympic Games Record

*1992 - 11th
*1996 - 6th
*2000 - 6th
*2004 - 12th
*2008 - 10th

Famous past players

*Alaa Elsayed (in arabic علاء السيد ) skipper of the first Egyptian National Handball to Win the African Championship in Cairo 1991, played for Altayaran Club, later became administrative manager of the National Team
*Sameh Abd Alwareth (in arabic سامح عبد الوارث) First Egyptian to break a handball world record by scoring 15 goals against Romania in World Cup 97, played For Al Ahly club, joined Paris Saint Germain then retired at 25 due to knee injury
*Ahmed Belal (in arabic أحمد بلال ) mastermin of the Egyptian National Team for a decade, played for Olympic Club of Alexandria, played in Germany
*Magdy Abo el Magd captain of Zamalek team and best pivot in Africa many times the tor scorer in world cup 1993 and the best player he earned more than 40 medals and cups wih his national team and team he was the best defender player in Africa who was able to stop many talented players such as richardson and dushbaev
*Ashraf Awaad (in arabic أشرف عواض) skipper of the Egyptian youth team who won the World Youth Cup in Cairo 1993, to be the first non-European to win a world title at any level in handball, member of the Awaad clan who provided Egyptian Handball by several members namely Hazem and Belal.hussein, hassan ,ibrahim and the young boy abdul rahman, played for Al Ahly
*Bassem Elsobky (in Arabic باسم السبكي) goalkeeper of Zamalek club, one of the best goalkeepers ever
*Ayman Salah (in arabic أيمن صلاح ) goalkeeper of Zamalek club, one of the best goalkeepers ever
*Gohar Nabil (in arabic جوهر نبيل ) pivot of Ahly club one of the beat pivot in world
*Hossam Ghareeb
*Sherif Mouamen
*Sameh Abd el wares
*Yasser Labib
*Mohamed El alfy the best handball player in egypt's history and a very talented coach.
*Hassan Mostafa
*Ahmed el Attar
*Mahmoud Hussein
*Asser Elqasaby
*Amr Elgyoshy

*Khaled Elawady (in arabic خالد العوضى ) goalkeeper of Ahly club, one of the best goalkeepers in Egypt
*Hussein Zaky One of the best in the world
*Karim Shoukry the best left wing in Egypt since 2005 till now. He won the best left wing of the Juniors World Cup in 2007, and was one of the tournament's top scorers. He was born in 1986, and plays for Heliopolis club
*Sherif Abdelghany Although this player is not given the credit he deserves, he is known for his power, agility and speed. Being the Heliopolis Club ace, Abdelghany has pushed his team to the first division, and will undoubtedly be a player whom the teams shall fight for.
*Marwan ragab
*hassan yousry
*"mohamed abd el salam reisha"'
*ahmed el ahmar
*hany el fakharany
*Hamada el Rouby
*Hamada el nakib
*Medhat Motaweh Goal keeper for the national team in the 1960's. He was agile shot stopper. One of the best goalies in Egyptian handball history, he was known to occasionally score from his position.

External links

* [http://www.ehf.gov.eg/engilsh/index.htm]

ahmed elawady one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the Egyptian handball