The Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Ashraf Sobhy announced on Wednesday that the ministry decided to raise the total rewards of the Youth handball team to hit two million and 700 thousand pounds after winning the 2019 IHF Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Macedonia on Sunday.
Every player will receive 150.000 thousand rewards.
Egypt defeated Germany 32-28 at the final to win the title for the first time in the history.
Egypt has had an amazing journey at the tournament, having topped their group stage after defeating Sweden, Chinese Taipei, Canada and Hungary. Egypt’s only loss at the competition came against France at the second round of the group stage.
Egypt faced Slovenia on Wednesday at the round of 16 and won the game 30-27 to reach the quarter finals, during which they destroyed Iceland 35-31 to earn a spot at the semi-final where they defeated Portugal.
Dr. Sobhy, and Hesham Nasr, president of the Egyptian Handball Federation received the national team at Cairo International Airport on Tuesday.
The African Champions qualified for the final after defeating Portugal 41-36 on Saturday, whereas Germany advanced to this stage after pulling-off a 31-23 victory over Denmark in the semi-finals.
The Pharaohs delivered an impressive performance during the tournament as they pulled off four victories over Sweden, Chinese Taipei, Canada, and Hungary in the group stage. However, they suffered only one defeat by the defending champions France in their second game at the tournament.
They booked their place in the international tournament after claiming the African Championship title, held in Morocco, where they defeated Tunisia in the final game.
Egypt’s squad consists of: Yasser Mohamed Saif El Din, Omar Ahmed Lotfy, Abdel Fattah Ali Youssef Ahmed, Youssef Alaa El Din, MazenReda, Mohamed Samir, Mohamed Hossam El Din, Ziad Ahmed, Ibrahim El Sayed, Hassan Walid, Saif Hany, Abdel Rahman Mohamed, Mohab Said and Omar Ahmed.
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