Egypt’s U19 handball national team demolished Chinese Taipei with a 36-25 score in the 2019 Men’s Youth World Championship on Friday.
The Pharaohs came out on top in the first half with a narrow 18-15 score, before further cementing their lead in the second half as they pulled off a 36-25 win.
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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 were pooled in Group B alongside France, Hungary, Sweden, Canada, and Chinese Taipei,
The African Champions made an ideal start to the tournament by defeating Sweden 32-29. They were defeated by the defending champions France 28-24 in the second game. The Pharaohs will now take on Canada on Saturday, August 10 at 20:30 CLT.
Egypt have four points in the fourth spot, following France (3rd), Sweden (2nd), and Hungary (1st).
The Pharaohs are looking forward to follow the footsteps of Egypt’s U 20 team that achieved a bronze medal at the Men’s Junior U21 World Championship in Spain.
They delivered an impressive performance during the tournament, as they became the first non-European team to achieve the full mark during the group stage in this tournament since 2009 when Brazil managed to do so
24 teams, who participated in this tournament, were pided into four groups of 6 teams.
Here are the Groups:
Group A: Croatia – Spain – Slovenia – Norway – Chile – Saudi Arabia.
Group B: Sweden – France – Hungary – Egypt – China – Canada.
Group C: Denmark, Bahrain, Macedonia, Japan, Argentina, and Nigeria.
Group D: Iceland, Germany, Serbia, Tunisia, Brazil, and Portugal.
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