Egypt men's national volleyball team explained

Egypt
Federation:	Egyptian Volleyball Federation
Website:	www.fevb.org
Confederation:	CAVB
Nickname:	The Pharaohs
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Coach:	Fernando Muñoz
Olympic Apps:	6
Olympic First:	1976
Olympic Best:	9th (2016)
World Champs Apps:	10
World Champs First:	1974
World Champs Best:	13th (2010)
World Cup Apps:	8
World Cup First:	1977
World Cup Best:	8th (1985)
Regional Name:	African Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	21
Regional Cup First:	1971
Regional Cup Best:	(1976, 1983, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2023)

The Egypt men's national volleyball team represents Egypt in international volleyball competition. The team is governed by the Egyptian Volleyball Federation, which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches.

Results

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position				SW	SL
1964	Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976	Group Stages	WD*	0	0	0	0	0
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Group Stages	10th	5	0	5	2	15
1988	Did not qualify
1992
1996
2000	Group Stages	11th	5	0	5	1	15
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Group Stages	11th	5	0	5	0	15
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Group Stages	9th	5	1	4	3	12
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Group Stages	12th	3	0	3	0	9

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Egypt withdrew because of the Congolese-led boycott after they lost to Brazil 1–3. The result of that match was annulled.

World Championship

Year	Round	Position
1949	Did not enter
1952
1956
1960
1962
1966
1970	Did not qualify
1974	Group Stages	17th	10	3	7
1978	Group Stages	23rd	9	2	7
1982	Did not qualify
1986	Group Stages	14th	6	1	5
1990	Did not qualify
1994
1998	Group Stages	19th	3	0	3
2002	Group Stages	19th	3	0	3
2006	Group Stages	21st	5	1	4
2010	Second Round	13th	5	1	4
2014	Group Stages	21st	5	0	5
	Group Stages	20th	5	1	4
	First Round	19th	3	0	3
	Qualified
Total		11/21	48	7	41

World Cup

Year	Round	Position
1965	Did not enter
1969	Disqualified
1977	Group Stages	11th	5	1	4
1981	Disqualified
1985	Round Robin	8th	7	0	7
1989	Disqualified
1991
1995	Round Robin	11th	11	1	10
1999	Disqualified
2003	Round Robin	12th	11	1	10
2007	Round Robin	10th	11	3	8
2011	Round Robin	12th	11	1	10
2015	Round Robin	10th	11	2	9
2019	Round Robin	10th	11	2	9
Total		8/14	78	11	67

World Grand Champions Cup

Year	Round	Position
1993	Did not enter
1997
2001
2005	Round Robin	5th	5	1	4
2009	Round Robin	6th	5	0	5
2013	Did not enter
2017
Total		2/7	10	1	9

World League

2006 – 13th
2007 – 13th
2008 – 13th
2010 – 14th
2015 – 21st
2016 – 20th
2017 – 24th

Challenger Cup

Challenger Cup record
Year	Round	Position
2018	Did not enter
2019	Group stage	5th place	2	0	2	4	6
2022	Did not enter
2023
2024	Semifinal	3rd place	3	2	1	6	7
Total		2/5	5	2	3	10	13	—

Universiade

2009 –

All-Africa Games

1965 –
1973 –
1991 –
1995 –
1999 –
2003 –
2007 –
2015 –
2019 –
2023 –

Mediterranean Games

1971 – 5th
1975 – 6th
1979 – 5th
1983 – 5th
2005 –
2022 – 8th

European Championship

1955 – 14th
1958 – 15th

Friendly tournament

Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

2006 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - 7th
2021 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner -
2024 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - 4th

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Former squads

2003 FIVB World Cup — 12th place

Hamdy Awad El-Safi (c), Youssef Saleh, Mohamed Shehata, Ossama Kemsan, Wael El-Aydy, Ashraf El-Hassan, Mohamed Awad Eslam, Mohamed El-Mahdy, Mohamed Moselhy, Weal Said, Abdelnaeim Salah El-Dein, and Mahmoud Hassona. Head Coach: Veselin Vuković.

2005 Mediterranean Games — 1st place

Mahmoud Abdullah El-Kader, Ahmed Abdalla El-Naeim, Abdullah Alla Ahmed, Wael Al-Aydy, Hamdy Awad, Mohamed Badawy, Ossama Bekheit, Mahmoud El-Komy, Mohamed El-Mahdy, Mohamed El-Nafrawy, Mohamed El-Nasr, and Ayman Shwkry. Head Coach: Veselin Vuković.

2005 World Grand Champions Cup — 5th place

Hamdy Awad El-Safi (c), Ahmed Abdalla El-Salam, Ahmed El-Naeim, Ossama Bekheit, Wael El-Aydy, Youssef Saleh, Mohamed El-Mahdy, Mahmoud El-Komy, Mohamed El-Nafrawy, Mohamed Badawy, Mohamed El-Daabousi and Hossam Shaarawy. Head Coach: Ahmed Zakaria.

2006 FIVB World League — 13th place

Hamdy Awad El-Safi (c), Ahmed Abdalla El-Salam, Mohamed Gabl, Ahmed El-Naeim, Ossama Bekheit, Wael El-Aydy, Ashraf Abouel Hassan, Youssef Saleh, Mohamed El-Mahdy, Mahmoud El-Komy, Mohamed El Sayed, Hamdy Rashad, Mohamed Badawy, Hossam Mostafa, Elian Aly Hussein, Mohamed Seif Al-Masr, Mahmoud Abdelkader, and Ahmed Awadalla. Head Coach: Grzegorz Rys.

2008 Summer Olympics — 11th place

Hamdy Awad, Abdalla Ahmed, abdallah abdelsalam, Mohamed Gabal, Ahmed Abdel Naeim, Abdel Latif Ahmed, Wael Al Aydy, Ashraf Abouelhassan, Saleh Youssef, Mohamed Badawy, Hossameldin Gomaa, Mohamed Seif Elnasr, and Mahmoud Abd El kader. Head Coach: Ahmed Zakaria.