Egypt women's national handball team

Egypt
Egypt
Information
Nickname	The Cleopatras
Association	Egyptian Handball Federation
Coach	Mohamed Ahmed Fargaly
Assistant coach	Amr Youssef Ayoub
Captain	Ehsan Abdelnaeim
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2025)
Best result	TBD (2025)
African Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1974)
Best result	3rd (1974)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Egypt women's national handball team is the national team of Egypt. It is governed by the Egyptian Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions. The national team wasn't active from 2012 to 2022, before the Egyptian Handball Federation decided to reestablish a team.^[1]^[2]

Following the team's 4th place at the 2024 African Women's Handball Championship, they qualified for their first ever World Handball Championship at the 2025 edition in Germany and Netherlands.^[3]

Tournament record

World Championship

2025 – Qualified

Record against other teams at the world championship

African Championship

1974 – 3rd
1981 – 6th
1983 – 8th
1985 – 7th
1987 – 6th
1989 – 5th
1991 – 7th
2004 – 6th
2010 – 6th
2012 – 9th
2022 – 8th
2024 – 4th

Team

Current squad

The official squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.^[4]

Head coach: Mohamed Ahmed Farghaly

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mai Gomaa	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 30)	1.89 m	15	0	AZS Politechnika Koszalin
4	LW	Amina Accousch	(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 22)	1.72 m	33	53	Al Ahly
6	RW	Ons Yaakoub	(2008-04-09) 9 April 2008 (age 17)	1.64 m	10	22	Al Zohour SC
7	RB	Rawan Abdallah	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 22)	1.76 m	19	57	Al Ahly
9	RB	Shrouk Elsheref	(2006-07-07) 7 July 2006 (age 19)	1.74 m	45	98	Al Ahly
10	CB	Ehsan Abdelnaeim	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 39)	1.74 m	23	75	OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball
11	LB	Loijin Abdalla	(1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 29)	1.84 m	45	62	Smouha SC
22	LB	Touka Gadallah	(2004-12-02) 2 December 2004 (age 21)	1.72 m	40	83	Al Ahly
25	RB	Malak Seoudy	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 23)	1.70 m	33	46	Alexandria Sporting Club
28	CB	Nadein Abdelrahman	(2004-12-18) 18 December 2004 (age 20)	1.72 m	39	62	Alexandria Sporting Club
33	RW	Amina Hagag	(1995-10-01) 1 October 1995 (age 30)	1.73 m	15	37	Al Ahly
44	P	Mariam Ibrahim	(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 23)	1.84 m	18	28	Alexandria Sporting Club
66	RB	Yara Mahmoud	(2003-11-30) 30 November 2003 (age 22)	1.69 m	27	46	El Shams SC
89	P	Fatma Oraby	(2005-05-17) 17 May 2005 (age 20)	1.71 m	33	43	El Shams SC
90	LB	Shahd Saadalla	(2006-09-13) 13 September 2006 (age 19)	1.90 m	22	78	Alexandria Sporting Club
96	GK	Ganna Ali	(2006-12-06) 6 December 2006 (age 19)	1.80 m	20	0	Alexandria Sporting Club
98	GK	Gihad Sayed	(2006-02-21) 21 February 2006 (age 19)	1.78 m	41	0	Al Ahly
99	LW	Nouran Abdelsalam	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 29)	1.70 m	15	22	Al Ahly

References

^ "Egypt's women handball team re-formed 10 years after abolition". Egypt Independent. 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ "The women battling for a national senior team in Egypt". BBC. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
^ "Egypt's Women Handball Team Makes History with World Championship Qualification". scoopempire.com. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
^ "Team Roster Egypt" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

External links

[1] "Egypt's women handball team re-formed 10 years after abolition". Egypt Independent. 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

[2] "The women battling for a national senior team in Egypt". BBC. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

[3] "Egypt's Women Handball Team Makes History with World Championship Qualification". scoopempire.com. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

[4] "Team Roster Egypt" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

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