Volleyball: Egypt Defeat Germany in World Championship Opener

Egypt's U-19 volleyball national team made an ideal start to their adventure in the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship by defeating Germany 3-2 on Wednesday. The Pharaohs ended the game with a 3-2 victory after a hard-fought match in Tunisia.

Germany ended the first set with a 25-17 score before Egypt took the lead in the second set with a 27-25 victory. The Pharaohs cemented their victory with a 25-17 score in the third set.

The European Champions equalized the scoring in the fourth set as they pulled off a 25-13 win. Both teams went to a decisive set as the Pharaohs managed to end this set with a 17-15 victory to reap the two valuable points at the beginning of the journey.

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Egypt and Germany were pooled in Group D alongside Argentina, Mexico, and Japan.

Argentina topped the group after they defeated Mexico 3-1, while the Pharaohs came second with 2 points. Germany ranked third with only one point, whereas Mexico and Japan came in the last two positions with zero points.

Egypt will clash against Argentina in a tasty game on Thursday, while Japan will kick off their campaign in the tournament versus Mexico.

The Pharaohs are looking forward to following the footsteps of Egypt's U-19 handball national team, who wrote the history and claimed the World Championship title for the first time.

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