Egyptian national squash team

Egypt
Trainer	Amr Shabana
Statistics at world championships
First participation	1969
Participations total	24
Title won	5
Total finals	8th
best result	S (1999, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019)
Eternal balance	111: 52
Last update of the infobox: December 2019

The Egyptian squash national team is the entirety of the cadres of the Egyptian squash federation. In it you will find Egyptian athletes who represent their country in both individual and team competitions nationally and internationally in squash .

history

Men's

Egypt first took part in a world championship in 1969 . In the tournament, the team remained without a win and finished the tournament in sixth and thus last place. In 1971 the team improved to fourth place. As at the first event in 1967 , Egypt decided not to participate in 1973 - the last time to date. This was followed by two third places in 1977 and 1981 , the first time a world championship took place in their own country in Cairo in 1985 . For the first time, the team missed the semi-finals and was only fifth. It was not until 1995 , when the tournament was held in Cairo for the second time, that Egypt achieved a place on the podium again with third place.

Four years later, again in Cairo, the team became world champions for the first time . The team headed by Ahmed Barada , Amr Shabana , Omar Elborolossy and Amir Wagih defeated in the final Wales 3: 0th In 2001 Egypt reached the final again as defending champions, but lost it 3-0 to hosts Australia . In addition to Shabana and Elborolossy, Mohammed Abbas and Karim Darwish were also in the squad. In Vienna 2003 the team lost again to Australia, this time in the semifinals. She finished the tournament in fourth place. Egypt reached the third final at the 2005 World Cup in Islamabad . The game against England was lost 2-0 after Amr Shabana and Mohammed Abbas were both defeated by their opponents. Other team members were Karim Darwish and Wael El Hindi . As in 2003, Egypt was eliminated in the 2007 semi-finals against Australia and finished fourth. Led by Karim Darwish, the team defeated England 2-1 in the 2009 final . Although Darwish initially lost his game, the successes of Ramy Ashour and then Amr Shabana secured the second title win after 1999. Fourth player was Wael El Hindi. In 2011 they successfully defended their title against England in the final in Paderborn . Ramy Ashour initially secured the lead before his brother Hisham Mohd Ashour lost his game. Karim Darwish finally decided the game in favor of Egypt with a 3-1 win. Mohamed Elshorbagy was the fourth player to be part of the team. For the third time in a row, Egypt and England faced each other in the final of the 2013 World Cup . This time Egypt lost to the English team with 1: 2. Only Ramy Ashour won his game, while Karim Darwish and Tarek Momen lost. Omar Mosaad was not used in the final . In 2017 Egypt reached the final in Marseille as the top seeded team , in which England were again the opponents. Karim Abdel Gawad put the team in the lead with a win against Nick Matthew , after which Ali Farag ensured the early title win with a 3-0 win over James Willstrop . The game between Marwan Elshorbagy and Daryl Selby was no longer played, and Ramy Ashour was also the captain in the squad. Egypt did not give up a single game in the course of the tournament. In 2019 , he successfully defended his title in Washington, DC . After four wins, the team met England again in the final and prevailed 2-0. Karim Abdel Gawad won the opening game 3-2 against Declan James , before Ali Farag won against Adrian Waller for an early win thanks to a 3-1 win. In addition to Gawad and Farag, Tarek Momen and Mohamed Abouelghar were part of the squad.

Trainer

When the title was won in 1999, Magdi Saad as was the main coach. From 2004 to 2013 Amir Wagih was the coach of the Egyptian national team. Under him, the title wins in 2009 and 2011. He was replaced on November 1, 2013 by Omar Elborolossy . Amr Shabana took over from Elborolossy after retiring in August 2015.

Current squad

At the last World Cup in 2019 , the Egyptian team consisted of the following players:

rank	Surname	Date of birth	WRL	Calls	Victories	Defeats
1.	Ali Farag	April 22, 1992	1	4th	3	1
2.	Tarek Momen	February 23, 1988	3	3	2	1
3.	Karim Abdel Gawad	July 30, 1991	4th	4th	4th	0
4th	Mohamed Abouelghar	October 1, 1993	8th	3	3	0

Balance sheet

Men's
year	venue	round	placement	Victories	Defeats
1967	Melbourne	not participated
1969	Birmingham	Group stage	6th	0	5
1971	Palmerston North	Group stage	4th	4th	2
1973	Johannesburg	not participated
1976	Birmingham	Group stage	4th	3	3
1977	Toronto	Semifinals	3.	6th	1
1979	Brisbane	Semifinals	4th	5	3
1981	Stockholm	Semifinals	3.	6th	1
1983	Auckland	Semifinals	4th	6th	3
1985	Cairo	Quarter finals	5.	5	4th
1987	London	Quarter finals	6th	5	3
1989	Singapore	Quarter finals	5.	4th	4th
1991	Helsinki	Semifinals	4th	1	4th
1993	Karachi	Quarter finals	6th	3	3
1995	Cairo	Semifinals	3.	3	3
1997	Petaling Jaya	Semifinals	3.	4th	3
1999	Cairo	World Champion	1.	5	1
2001	Melbourne	final	2.	6th	3
2003	Vienna	Semifinals	4th	5	2
2005	Islamabad	final	2.	5	1
2007	Chennai	Semifinals	4th	5	2
2009	Odense	World Champion	1.	7th	0
2011	Paderborn	World Champion	1.	7th	0
2013	Mulhouse	final	2.	6th	1
2015	Cairo	no event
2017	Marseille	World Champion	1.	6th	0
2019	Washington, DC	World Champion	1.	5	0
total	24/26 participations		5 tracks	111	52

Web links

• Homepage of the Egyptian Squash Association