Egypt’s national handball team won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, after losing to Spain 28/27 in the final.
The first half ended with a score of 16/13 in favor of the Pharaohs, in a half in which the players, Ali Zain, Mohamed Sanad, Mohab Saeed and veteran goalkeeper Karim Hendawy starred.
While the second half witnessed a remarkable focus for the Pharaohs from the beginning through offensive play amid the brilliance of the players, Ahmed Adel, Ahmed Al-Ahmar and Ali Zain, but the Spanish side quickly regained its balance and then achieved a tie and then progressed in the penultimate minute until the meeting ended in their favour.
Spain’s handball team qualified to face the Pharaohs after beating Serbia 42/38 in the semi-finals, while Egypt’s handball team qualified by defeating Macedonia 34/20.
In the first round, Egypt beat Italy 35/38, beat Serbia in its second match 35/28, and beat Tunisia 30/26 in the third match, to set up a date with Macedonia in the semi-finals.
The first round competitions witnessed the cancellation of the handball match between Egypt and Slovenia in the Mediterranean tournament, which was scheduled for 3:30 pm on Friday, due to the withdrawal of Slovenia, due to the infection of 7 players with the Corona virus.
The squad list includes: Karim Hindawi, Muhammad Essam Al Tayyar, Muhammad Ali, Yahya Al Deraa, Yahya Khaled, Omar Al Wakeel Bakkar, Ali Zain, Hassan Qaddah, Muhammad Sanad, Ahmed Hisham Sissa, Muhammad Tariq, Abdul Rahman Faisal, Ahmed Khairy, Saif Al Dara, Ahmed Al Ahmar, Akram Yousry, Shady Khalil, Ahmed Adel and Mohab. Said and Ibrahim Al-Masry.