# Egypt men's national junior handball team

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

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

### World Championship

| Edition | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1977 Sweden | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| / 1979 Denmark/Sweden | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| 1981 Portugal | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| 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 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | 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 | Bronze Medal Match | 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 | Bronze Medal Match | 4th of 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 255 | 241 | +14 |
| 2011 Greece | Bronze Medal Match | 4th of 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 251 | 222 | +29 |
| 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Match for 7th place | 8th of 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 250 | 243 | +6 |
| 2015 Brazil | Bronze Medal Match | 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 | Bronze Medal Match | 3rd of 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 327 | 255 | +72 |
| 2021 Hungary | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| / 2023 Germany/Greece | Main Round | 10th of 32 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 216 | +29 |
| 2025 Poland | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| Total | 19/23 | 1 Title | 148 | 80 | 6 | 68 | 4,031 | 3,872 | +159 |

### 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 | 20/21 |

## Team
### 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