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Volleyball: Egypt Reach World Championship Semis


Wed 28 Aug 2019 | 03:47 PM
Mohamed Helba

Egypt’s U-19 volleyball national team qualified for the semi-finals of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship after beating Belarus on Wednesday (3-0).

The Pharaohs secured the victory in the three sets; 25-21, 25-18, and 25-18. Egypt will face Italy's U-19 team, who managed to knock-out japan from the quarter-finals, in the last four of the tournament on Thursday.

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The Egyptian team, who delivered an impressive performance during the tournament, qualified for the last 16 as Group D Winners.

The Pharaohs made an ideal start to their adventure by defeating Germany 3-2 on Wednesday, August 21, 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. The Group D winners claimed their fourth consecutive win over Mexico 3-0 in the last game of the group stage.

Egypt’s U-19 volleyball national team

They will clash with Belarus after defeating Nigeria in the last 16 with unanswered three sets, as they secured the victory in the three sets; 25-16, 25-20, and 29-27.

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.