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The Egypt men's national under-21 handball team is the under-21s national team representing Egypt in the international handball competitions and is controlled by the Egyptian Handball Federation.

NicknameThe Pharaohs
Appearances19 (First in 1983)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1993)
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NicknameThe Pharaohs
AssociationEgyptian Handball Federation
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1st
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2nd
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IHF U-21 World Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1983)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1993)
African Junior Championship
Appearances21 (First in 1980)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2026)
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Quick facts Medal record, World Junior Championship ...
Egypt men's national under-21 handball team
Medal record
World Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place1993 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place1999 Qatar
Bronze medal – third place2019 Spain
African Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place1982 Benin
Gold medal – first place1984 Nigeria
Gold medal – first place1990 Egypt
Gold medal – first place1992 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place1996 Egypt
Gold medal – first place1998 Ivory Coast
Gold medal – first place2000 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place2004 Ivory Coast
Gold medal – first place2006 Ivory Coast
Gold medal – first place2010 Gabon
Gold medal – first place2014 Kenya
Gold medal – first place2018 Morocco
Gold medal – first place2022 Rwanda
Gold medal – first place2024 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place2026 Ivory Coast
Silver medal – second place1986 Algeria
Silver medal – second place1988 Tunisia
Silver medal – second place2002 Benin
Silver medal – second place2016 Mali
Bronze medal – third place2012 Ivory Coast
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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

More information IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship, Games ...
IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Sweden 1977 Sweden Disqualified
Denmark/Sweden 1979 Denmark/Sweden
Portugal 1981 Portugal
Finland 1983 FinlandPreliminary Round13th of 166204105143–38
Italy 1985 ItalyPreliminary Round15th of 166204122140–18
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1987 YugoslaviaDisqualified
Spain 1989 SpainPreliminary Round15th6105117149–32
Greece 1991 GreecePreliminary Round13th6303153141+12
Egypt 1993 EgyptFinalChampions7601179139+40
Argentina 1995 ArgentinaQuarter-Final6th8404191196–5
Turkey 1997 TurkeyQuarter-Final6th9405237247–10
Qatar 1999 QatarSemi-Final3rd8512257194+63
Switzerland 2001 SwitzerlandMain Round8th8404192218–26
Brazil 2003 BrazilMain Round10th8134196214–18
Hungary 2005 HungaryMain Round7th8602235227+8
North Macedonia 2007 North MacedoniaMain Round6th of 208503244213+31
Egypt 2009 EgyptSemi-Final4th of 2410703255241+14
Greece 2011 GreeceSemi-Final4th of 249504251222+29
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Bosnia and HerzegovinaQuarter-Final8th of 249414250243+6
Brazil 2015 BrazilSemi-Final4th of 249513282258+24
Algeria 2017 AlgeriaPreliminary Round17th of 247304193215–22
Spain 2019 SpainSemi-Final3rd of 249801327255+72
Hungary 2021 HungaryCancelled
Germany/Greece 2023 Germany/GreeceMain Round10th of 327502245216+29
Poland 2025 PolandQuarter-Final6th of 328503261248+13
TotalQualified: 20/25164936654,2924,119+173
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African Championship

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Year Position
Nigeria 1980Fourth place
Benin 1982Champions
Nigeria 1984Champions
Algeria 1986Runners-up
Tunisia 1988Runners-up
Egypt 1990Champions
Tunisia 1992Champions
Egypt 1996Champions
Ivory Coast 1998Champions
Tunisia 2000Champions
Benin 2002Runners-up
Ivory Coast 2004Champions
Ivory Coast 2006Champions
Libya 2008Did not enter
Gabon 2010Champions
Ivory Coast 2012Third place
Kenya 2014Champions
Mali 2016Runners-up
Morocco 2018Champions
Morocco 2020Cancelled
Rwanda 2022Champions
Tunisia 2024Champions
Ivory Coast 2026Champions
TotalQualified:21/22
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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

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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 Egypt National Bank of Egypt Akex Club
5 RB Ziad Abdelrahim (2005-02-18)18 February 2005 (aged 20) 1.96 m 33 60 Egypt National Bank of Egypt Akex Club
8 CB Ziad Hashad (2004-03-21)21 March 2004 (aged 21) 1.82 m 15 30 Egypt Zamalek
9 LW Mohamed El-Nakkady (2005-12-08)8 December 2005 (aged 19) 1.87 m 30 90 Egypt Zamalek
10 RW Mohamed Emad (2004-01-31)31 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.84 m 15 25 Egypt Tala'ea El Gaish
14 CB Feras Ragab (2004-01-05)5 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.88 m 36 68 Egypt Alexandria
16 GK Youssef Ahmed (2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 21) 1.87 m 28 6 Egypt Alexandria
17 LW Omar Baraka (2006-01-30)30 January 2006 (aged 19) 1.88 m 0 0 Egypt Smouha
20 LW Belal Masoud (2004-02-08)8 February 2004 (aged 21) 1.82 m 3 4 Germany Bergischer
22 LB Mohamed Mahmoud (2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.90 m 22 37 Egypt Al Ahly
24 CB Youssef Laoloua (2006-01-20)20 January 2006 (aged 19) 1.91 m 29 65 France Nîmes Gard
30 GK Youssef Salama (2004-05-15)15 May 2004 (aged 21) 1.93 m 28 1 Egypt Zamalek
44 P Moaz Azab (2005-10-10)10 October 2005 (aged 19) 1.91 m 36 55 Egypt Al Ahly
64 LB Omar Abdelhady (2004-01-14)14 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.85 m 22 43 Egypt Tala'ea El Gaish
71 RW Yassin Salem (2004-09-18)18 September 2004 (aged 20) 1.83 m 22 33 Egypt Smouha
75 RW Omar Mohamed (2004-10-29)29 October 2004 (aged 20) 1.87 m 15 35 Egypt El Shams
96 P Ahmed Taghian (2004-01-06)6 January 2004 (aged 21) 1.89 m 10 25 Egypt Tala'ea El Gaish
99 LB Mohamed El-Battawi (2004-09-17)17 September 2004 (aged 20) 1.88 m 10 25 Egypt Zamalek
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