Egyptian national futsal team

Arab Republic of Egypt
*Jumhūriyyat Misr al-ʿarabiyya*
Association	Egyptian Football Association
confederacy	CAF
FIFA code	EGY
home	Away
Balance sheet
	100 games ; 54 wins ; 11 draws ; 35 losses
statistics
	First international; Egypt 6-6 Zimbabwe ; ( Cairo , Egypt ; September 25, 1996 )
	Biggest win; Egypt 18-2 South Africa ; ( Cairo , Egypt ; April 21, 2000 )
	Biggest defeat; Brazil 9-0 Egypt ; ( Singapore ; November 28, 2001 )
Successes in tournaments
	World Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1996 )
Best results	Round of 16 2012
	African Championship
Participation in the finals	4 ( first : 1996 )
Best results	African champions 1996 , 2000 , 2004
	(As of October 2010)

The Egyptian national futsal team is a representative selection of Egyptian futsal players . The team represents the Egyptian Football Association at international matches. The team is the most successful futsal team in Africa with three continental titles and four World Cup appearances.

Performing in tournaments

As the host, Egypt won the first two African Championships and was also victorious in the third event in 2004. In 2008 they lost to the hosts in the final in Libya 3: 4 after extra time.

With four World Cup participations, Egypt is Africa's record holder. The greatest success came in 2000 when they moved into the intermediate round after victories over Uruguay and Thailand. There they surprisingly won 6: 4 against Russia and were about to move into the semi-finals. In the decisive game against Argentina a draw would have been enough, but Egypt lost just 3: 4.

Futsal World Cup

1989 - not invited
1992 - not invited
1996 - preliminary round
2000 - intermediate round
2004 - preliminary round
2008 - preliminary round
2012 - round of 16

African Futsal Championship

1996 - African champion
2000 - African champion
2004 - African champion
2008 - 2nd place

Web links

List of all games on futsalplanet.com