The Egypt men's national under-21 handball team is the under-21s national team representing Egypt in international handball competitions and is controlled by the Egyptian Handball Federation.
History The Egypt junior handball team has participated in several junior's handball competitions and the first appearance was in the inaugural African Men's Junior Handball Championship in 1980 in Nigeria the team placed fourth, two years later in 1982 in Benin the Egyptian captured the first African and international title and have qualified to the 1983 IHF Men's Junior World Championship sow the first appearance was for good to gain experiences the Egyptian finished in the 13th rank. In the African championship Egypt continued the domination that was normal for them but in the IHF Men's Junior World Championship they were still far from the strongest European team's level. In 1993 Egypt was the host country. The Egyptians exploited the home court advantage and found their way to the final match again the Denmark where they won it by 22–19 and then Egypt became the World Champions.
Competitive record
IHF Men's U21 Handball World ChampionshipGamesRoundPosition 1977 Sweden Disqualified/ 1979 Denmark/Sweden 1981 Portugal 1983 FinlandPreliminary Round13th of 166204105143–38 1985 ItalyPreliminary Round15th of 166204122140–18 1987 YugoslaviaDisqualified 1989 SpainPreliminary Round15th6105117149–32 1991 GreecePreliminary Round13th6303153141+12 1993 Egypt Final Champions7601179139+40 1995 ArgentinaQuarter-Final6th8404191196–5 1997 TurkeyQuarter-Final6th9405237247–10 1999 QatarSemi-Final3rd8512257194+63 2001 SwitzerlandMain Round8th8404192218–26 2003 BrazilMain Round10th8134196214–18 2005 HungaryMain Round7th8602235227+8 2007 North MacedoniaMain Round6th of 208503244213+31 2009 EgyptSemi-Final4th of 2410703255241+14 2011 GreeceSemi-Final4th of 249504251222+29 2013 Bosnia and HerzegovinaQuarter-Final8th of 249414250243+6 2015 BrazilSemi-Final4th of 249513282258+24 2017 AlgeriaPreliminary Round17th of 247304193215–22 2019 SpainSemi-Final3rd of 249801327255+72 2021 HungaryCancelled/ 2023 Germany/GreeceMain Round10th of 327502245216+29 2025 PolandQuarter-Final6th of 328503261248+13 2027 North MacedoniaQualifiedTotalQualified: 22/26164936654,2924,119+173
African Men's Junior Handball ChampionshipGamesRoundPosition 1980 NigeriaBronze Medal Match 4th of 5 1982 Benin Final Champions 1984 Nigeria Final Champions 1986 Algeria Final Runners-up 5 3 1 1 102 83 +19 1988 Tunisia Final Runners-up 5 4 0 1 118 104 +14 1990 Egypt Final Champions 4 4 0 0 84 53 +31 1992 Tunisia Final Champions 4 3 0 1 93 80 +13 1994 Egypt Cancelled 1996 Egypt Final Champions 3 2 1 0 1998 Ivory Coast Final Champions 2000 Tunisia Final Champions +95 2002 Benin Final Runners-up 5 4 0 1 130 103 +27 2004 Ivory Coast Final Champions 4 4 0 0 156 100 +56 2006 Ivory Coast Final Champions 5 5 0 0 163 118 +45 2008 Libya Did not enter 2010 Gabon Final Champions 6 6 0 0 216 142 +74 2012 Ivory CoastBronze Medal Match 3rd of 11 6 5 0 1 204 132 +72 2014 Kenya Final Champions 5 5 0 0 190 98 +92 2016 Mali Final Runners-up 5 4 0 1 178 119 +59 2018 Morocco Final Champions 6 6 0 0 203 125 +78 2020 Morocco Cancelled 2022 Rwanda Final Champions 5 5 0 0 187 112 +75 2024 Tunisia Final Champions 6 6 0 0 236 145 +91 2026 Ivory Coast Final Champions 6 6 0 0 218 100 +118TotalQualified: 23/2480722624781614+959
Team
The following players are representing Egypt in the U21 World Championship 2025.
A 18-player squad was announced on 13 June 2025.
Head coach: Magdy Abou El-Magd
See also Egypt men's national handball team Egypt men's national under-19 handball team Egypt men's national under-17 handball team Egypt men's national beach handball team Egypt national wheelchair handball team
References
External links Egyptian Handball