Egypt men's national goalball team

Egypt men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Egypt. It takes part in international goalball competitions. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.

Eyeshade check of player no. 6 at the World Goalball Championships, Malmö, Sweden (2018).

Paralympic Games

1980 Arnhem

The team competed in the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, where twelve teams took part. The team finished eleventh.

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen teams participated and the team finished second.[1]

World Championships
Main article: Goalball World Championships

2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden. They placed eighth in Pool B with seven losses, and sixteenth in overall final standings.[2]

Athletes included: Hassan Mohammed Hassan Abdelshafy Abdalla, Eltaher Omar Hassan Mahmoud, and Adel Tolba Mohammed.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Africa goalball region.

2020 Port Said

The team competed at the 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships, between 2 and 5 March 2020, at Port Said, Egypt, against Algeria and Morocco. This regional tournament would have been a regional championships if Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Niger men's teams had attended as originally indicated.[3]

In the semi-finals, Morocco beat Egypt 15:5, and Algeria took gold.

See also

References
  1. "Final Ranking in Paralympic Games". Madrid, Spain: International Blind Sports Association. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. "About goalball – Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "Historical results". Goalball Sport. International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.


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