Egypt women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Egypt.

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is a

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designed specifically for athletes with a

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. The team takes part in international

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competitions.

Paralympic Games

2020 Tokyo

With the withdrawal of the Algeria women's team by 21 April 2021, the International Paralympic Committee selected Egypt as a replacement at the Tokyo 2020

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. This was Egypt women's first Paralympic Games participation. ;Round-robin ---- ---- ---- File:Goalball-2020-Tokyo Paralympics EGY-TUR F line-up.jpg, Lining up against Turkey women's. File:Goalball-2020-Tokyo Paralympics EGY–USA F throwing.jpg, Throwing towards United States'. File:Goalball-2020-Tokyo Paralympics EGY-TUR F defend.jpg, Defending against Turkey women's.

World championships

1986 Roermond

The 1986 IBSA

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were held in

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. The team was one of ten teams participating (

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, Egypt,

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), and they finished tenth overall.

2022 Matosinhos

The team were eligible to compete in the 2022 World Championships, by placing second in the 2021 regional championships. The team competed in the 2022 World Championships from 7 to 16 December 2022, at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de

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, Portugal. There were sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams. They placed seventh in Pool B, and fourteenth in final standings.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Africa goalball region.

2020 Port Said

The team competed at the 2020 IBSA Goalball African Championships, from 2 and 5 March 2020, at

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, Egypt, against

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and Morocco. This regional tournament would have been a regional championships if Ghana and Kenya women's teams had attended as originally indicated. Of the three women's teams (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco), Egypt was mercied 12:2 by Algeria in the finals to take the silver medal.

2021 Cape Coast

The team competed at the 2021 IBSA Goalball African Championships, from Monday 6 to Friday 10 December 2021, at the

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Sports Complex,

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, Ghana. This championships was a qualifier for the 2022 World Championships. Of the four women's teams (Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya), Egypt was mercied by