Volleyball: Egypt Defeat Mexico in World Championship

Egypt’s U-19 volleyball national team claimed their fourth consecutive win over Mexico 3-0 at the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship in Tunisia on Saturday.

The Pharaohs had booked their place in the last 16 of the tournament after defeating Japan 3-2 on Friday. They advanced to the knock-out stage as Group D Winners. Egypt now have ten points, topping their group.

The Pharaohs ended the game after they achieved the victory in the three sets. The first and second set ended for the Egyptian team with 25-23, while the third one ended with a 25-21 victory.

They delivered an impressive performance at the tournament as Egypt made an ideal start to their adventure in the tournament by defeating Germany 3-2 on Wednesday, before beating Argentina  3-1 in the second round of the group stage.

Egypt pulled off their third consecutive victory over Japan on Friday as they secured a 3-2 victory to reap two decisive points during the Pharaohs' adventure in the tournament.

They 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.

Egypt's squad is as follows:

Head Coach: Hassan Al-Hussary

Players: Abdul Azim Marwan Al- Najjar, Abdul Rahman Al- Husseini, Anas Mohammed, Karim Ibrahim, Iyad Mohammed, Mohammed Al Orabi, Yousef Naseer, Youssef Jaffar, and Ibrahim Raslan.