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Egypt men's national goalball team is the men's national team of

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. It takes part in international goalball competitions.

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is a

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designed specifically for athletes with a

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Paralympic Games

1988 Seoul

The team competed in the

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, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in

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, South Korea. There were fourteen men's and eight women's teams. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use. The Egyptian goalball athletes were: Ahmed Mamoud Abouzeed, Hussein Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Aween, El Said Mohamed El Said, Bekhit Gad, and Mohamed Mohamed Sherief. Egypt came third behind the

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and gold medal winner

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1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the

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, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the

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indoor stadium,

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, Spain. There were twelve men's and eight women's teams. Athletes were: Bekhit Gad, Elsayed Elsayed, Ahmed Ewein, Mostafa Hussein, Ahmed Moustafa, and Hussen Sayed. Egypt came third behind

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and gold medal winner

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1980 Arnhem

The team competed in the

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, where twelve teams took part. The team finished eleventh.

1984 New York

The team competed in the

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at Long Island,

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, United States of America, where thirteen teams participated and the team finished second.

World Championships

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2018 Malmö

The team competed in the 2018 World Championships from 3 to 8 June 2018, in

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, Sweden. Athletes included: Hassan Mohammed Hassan Abdelshafy Abdalla, Eltaher Omar Hassan Mahmoud, and Adel Tolba Mohammed. They placed eighth in Pool B with seven losses, and sixteenth in overall final standings.

2022 Matosinhos

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 D, and fifteenth in final standings.

IBSA World Games

2015 Seoul

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA World Games from 10 to 17 May 2015, in

, South Korea. There were eight men's and eight women's teams.

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for the men's competition.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Africa goalball region.

2020 Port Said

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

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, Egypt, against

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

and Morocco. This regional tournament would have been a regional championships if Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Niger men's teams had attended as originally indicated. In the semi-finals, Morocco beat Egypt 15:5, and

took gold.

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 six men's teams (Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria), Egypt took the silver medal behind

References

{{National sports teams of Egypt, state=collapsed Goalball men's National men's goalball teams Egypt at the Paralympics Goalball in Africa

Paralympic Games

1988 Seoul

1992 Barcelona

1980 Arnhem

1984 New York

World Championships

2018 Malmö

2022 Matosinhos

IBSA World Games

2015 Seoul

Regional championships

2020 Port Said

2021 Cape Coast

See also

References