Egypt national basketball team
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The Egypt national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Egypt
in international competitions.
held by FIBA Europe
continental federation. They had lost their first two preliminary round games against Estonia
and Lithuania
before withdrawing from the tournament. Their remaining matches were lost by default, including the final preliminary match, the classification semifinal, and the 7th/8th playoff.
. They won all three of their preliminary group matches and their first semifinal group game. Their only loss of the tournament came to eventual gold medal
list Soviet Union
in the second semifinal group game, before Egypt won their third. Their 2–1 record in the semifinal group placed them second and set up a bronze medal
match against Belgium
, whom Egypt had defeated in the preliminary round. Egypt won again in a close 50–48 match, winning their first European medal.
and Egypt had both done so), the Egyptians had little trouble winning their first five games. By the luck of the draw, Egypt did not face France until the last game of the tournament, so while the standings were based entirely on the seven-team round robin, the two undefeated teams found themselves facing each other in the last game of the tournament. Dominating 36–16 after the first half, the Egyptians added another point to their lead in the second half to win the game 57–36. The star player and captain Ahmed Hassaan, deserves praise for his great skill and excellent leadership.
saw the Egypt squad win their preliminary group easily, scoring more points in the round than anyone save the Soviet Union
and Bulgaria, the latter of which had had one more game than Egypt. The final round was less conducive to Egyptian success, however; they defeated only Italy
on their way to a 1–6 record. Their six losses included a forfeit to Israel
, whom Egypt refused to play. The squad took 8th place of the 8 teams in the final round and 17 overall.
Egypt squad record
Some of the prominent players are Medhat warda , Ahmed Ismail, Alan Atallah , Salawaa, Ahmed Abuelfetouh .
Abdel Moneim Wahby, Albert Tadros, Rashad Shafshak, Riad Nosseir, Wahib Hussein, G.el-Din Sabri, E.Riskalla, K.Riad
1937 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams
1947 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 14 teams
Albert Tadros, Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Youssef Abbas, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Wahid Saleh, Zaki Harari, Hassan Moawad, Zaki Yehia, Guido Acher, Maurice Calife
1948 Olympic Games: finished 19th among 23 teams
Albert Tadros, Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Youssef Abbas, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Youssef Abouaouf, Medhat Youssef, Mohammed Soliman, Nessim Salah el-Dine, Robert Makzoume, Hassan Moawad, Mohammed Habib, Mahmoud Leissy
1949 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 7 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Albert Tadros, Youssef Abouaouf, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Nessim Salah el-Dine, Wahid Saleh, Medhat Youssef, Mohammed Soliman, Youssef Abbas, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore), Team captain: Ahmed Hassaan
1950 World Championship: finished 5th among 10 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Albert Tadros, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Youssef Abbas, Youssef Abouaouf, Abdelrahman Ismail, Wahid Saleh, Hussein Montasser, Mohammed Soliman, Medhat Youssef, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi, Mahmud Bahgat (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)
1952 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 23 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Albert Tadros, Abdelrahman Ismail, George Jean Chalhoub, Youssef Abouaouf, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Hussein Montasser, Medhat Youssef, Zaki Harari, Youssef Abbas, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi, Mahmud Bahgat, Raymond Fehmi Saboungi, Sami Mansour
1953 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 17 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, George Jean Chalhoub, Abdelrahman Ismail, Raymond Fehmi Saboungi, Youssef Abouaouf, Youssef Abbas, Ahmed Rashad, Hussein Montasser, Magdi Rizkallah, Ibrahim Zouzi Selim, Mahmud Bahgat, Medhat Youssef, Sami Mansour, Taha el-Barnawi (Coach: Habib Mohamed)
As United Arab Republic
1959 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams
George Jean Chalhoub, Raymond Fehmi Saboungi, Joseph Zacar, Fouad Hadidi, Hanafi Abutaleb, Antoine Musillia, Ahmed Sadek, Nabil Abdo, Sami Chilbaya, Adel Sabri, Hilmi Ibrahim, Eli Aramen (Coach: J.Filkud)
1970 World Championship: finished 13th among 13 teams
Mahmud Zaki, Cherif Kheir, Mohamed Gomaa, Adel Sharaf, Adel Abdel Fatah, Taha el-Chanab, Ismail Mohamed Aly Selim, Taher el-Badawi, El-Sayed Mubarak, Mohamed Kemal, Ahmed Abdelhamid el-Saharti, Mustafa el-Sayed (Coach: Mahmud Abdul Kheir)
As Egypt
1972 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams
Awad Abdelnabi, Ahmed Aboulkheir, Mohamed Khaled, Ismail Mohamed Aly Selim, Mohamed Kemal, El-Sayed Tewfik, Mohamed Talaat, Ismail Adel Ibrahim, Fathi Kamel, Ahmed Abdelhamid el-Saharti, Ahmed Mubarak Abdelhamid (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)
1976 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams
Awad Abdelnabi, Mohamed Essam Khaled, Ismail Mohamed Aly Selim, Mohamed Khaled el-Said, Fathi Kamel, Medhat Warda, Osman Farid, Mohamed Hanafi el-Gohari, Hamdi el-Seoudi, Ahmed Abdelhamid el-Saharti, Sayed Aboul Dahab, Mohamed Osman (Coach: Ahmed Fouad Aboulkheir)
1984 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams
Alain-Pierre Attallah, Medhat Warda, Mohamed Essam Khaled, Tarek el-Sabbagh, Ahmed Marei, Essameldin Aboulenein, Abdelkader Rabieh, Amin Shouman, Abdelhadi Ahmed el-Gazzar, Mohamed Sayed Soliman, Amir Abdelmaguid, Khaled Bekhit (Coach: Ahmed Fouad Aboulkheir)
1988 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams
Alain-Pierre Attallah, Ahmed Soliman, Hani Moussa, Amir Abou el-Kheir, El-Sayed Mohamed, Alaa el-Din Abdoun, Ashraf Mahmoud, Mohamed Ismail, Hesham Khalil, Mohamed el-Shakeri, Ashraf Mohamed el-Kordy, Emad el-Kin el-Sayed (Coach: Adel Sabri)
1990 World Championship: finished 16th among 16 teams
Alain-Pierre Attallah, Mohamed Soliman, Sherif Nabil el-Sanadily, Fathi Abdel-Aziz, Mahmoud Abdel-Latif, Ashraf Mahmoud, Emad Mahmoud Aly, Hesham Shaban, Ashraf Mohamed el-Kordy, Ahmed Abou el-Fetouh, Mohamed Abdel Moteleb, Amir Abou el-Kheir (Coach: Cal Luther
)
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
in international competitions.
Eurobasket 1937
The Egyptians finished last at the second European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1937Eurobasket 1937
The 1937 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1937, was the second regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation took part in the competition. Defending champions Latvia hosted the tournament, held...
held by FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...
continental federation. They had lost their first two preliminary round games against Estonia
Estonia national basketball team
The Estonian National Basketball Team is the basketball team that represents Estonia in international competitions.-Eurobasket 1937:The Estonians took fifth place, with an overall record of 3–2, at the second European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1937 held by the International Basketball...
and Lithuania
Lithuania national basketball team
The Lithuanian national basketball team is the representative for Lithuania in international men's basketball. Lithuania won bronze medals in three out of five Olympic tournaments it participated in....
before withdrawing from the tournament. Their remaining matches were lost by default, including the final preliminary match, the classification semifinal, and the 7th/8th playoff.
Eurobasket 1947
Egypt was much more successful in their next appearance, Eurobasket 1947Eurobasket 1947
The 1947 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1947, was the fifth Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation took part in the competition...
. They won all three of their preliminary group matches and their first semifinal group game. Their only loss of the tournament came to eventual gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
list Soviet Union
Soviet Union national basketball team
The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams...
in the second semifinal group game, before Egypt won their third. Their 2–1 record in the semifinal group placed them second and set up a bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
match against Belgium
Belgium national basketball team
The Belgian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Belgium in international competitions. The country side has qualified 13 times for EuroBasket, having their best result as the 4th place in EuroBasket 1947, but haven't qualified since 1993 to the major European...
, whom Egypt had defeated in the preliminary round. Egypt won again in a close 50–48 match, winning their first European medal.
Eurobasket 1949
The following championship was both hosted and won by Egypt. In a sparsely contested event with only seven teams, none of which had placed better than third previously (FranceFrance national basketball team
The French national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball . The team has been competitive, but has yet to win a major international tournament...
and Egypt had both done so), the Egyptians had little trouble winning their first five games. By the luck of the draw, Egypt did not face France until the last game of the tournament, so while the standings were based entirely on the seven-team round robin, the two undefeated teams found themselves facing each other in the last game of the tournament. Dominating 36–16 after the first half, the Egyptians added another point to their lead in the second half to win the game 57–36. The star player and captain Ahmed Hassaan, deserves praise for his great skill and excellent leadership.
Eurobasket 1953
In Moscow, the Egyptian team once again competed. Eurobasket 1953Eurobasket 1953
The 1953 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1953, was the eighth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union,...
saw the Egypt squad win their preliminary group easily, scoring more points in the round than anyone save the Soviet Union
Soviet Union national basketball team
The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams...
and Bulgaria, the latter of which had had one more game than Egypt. The final round was less conducive to Egyptian success, however; they defeated only Italy
Italy national basketball team
The Italian national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Italy. It is administrated by the Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro ....
on their way to a 1–6 record. Their six losses included a forfeit to Israel
Israel national basketball team
The Israeli national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Israel in international competition.The Israeli team has participated 25 times in the European championship tournament. Their best achievements were a silver medal in Eurobasket 1979, and 5th place in 1953 and 1977...
, whom Egypt refused to play. The squad took 8th place of the 8 teams in the final round and 17 overall.
Olympic Games record
- 1936Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics-Fifth-place classification:-First round:Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.* Estonia def. France, 34-29* Chile def. Turkey, 30-16* Switzerland def. Germany, 25-18...
: 21st - 1948Basketball at the 1948 Summer OlympicsBasketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition....
: 19th - 1952Basketball at the 1952 Summer OlympicsBasketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport. 23 nations entered the competition.The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the 1950 World Champion , the top two at the 1951 European championships , and the host country...
: 12th - 1972Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics-Group B:-Medal bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place13th–16th Place Forfeited match.-Gold Medal Match controversy:...
: 16th - 1976Basketball at the 1976 Summer OlympicsBasketball contests at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place from July 18 to July 27 at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau and the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games...
: 12th - 1984Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics-Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place-Preliminary Round:...
: 12th - 1988Basketball at the 1988 Summer OlympicsBasketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in...
: 12th
FIBA World Championship record
- 1950 FIBA World Championship1950 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1950 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3, 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires...
: 5th - 1959 FIBA World Championship1959 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1959 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Chile from January 16 to 31 , 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP....
: 11th - 1970 FIBA World Championship1970 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1970 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Yugoslavia at Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from May 10 to 24 , 1970...
: 13th - 1990 FIBA World Championship1990 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990.The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner...
: 16th - 1994 FIBA World Championship1994 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton...
: 14th
FIBA Africa championships
The first championship was held in Egypt in 1962.Egypt squad record
- Winner (Gold medal) in 1962, 1970, 1975 and 1983 all held in Egypt
- Runner up (Silver medal) 1964 in Morocco , 1972 in Senegal , 1981 in Somalia , 1987 in Tunisia , 1989 in Angola , and 1993 in Kenya
- 3rd place (Bronze medal) in 1978 in Senegal , 1985 in Ivory Coast , 1992 in Egypt , 1999 in Angola , 2001 in Morocco and 2003 in Egypt.
Some of the prominent players are Medhat warda , Ahmed Ismail, Alan Atallah , Salawaa, Ahmed Abuelfetouh .
Olympic Games
Egypt national basketball team took part in the Olympic games in 1984 in Los Angeles and 1988 in Seoul and in both came in the 12th place.Mediterranean Games
- 1951 AlexandriaBasketball at the 1951 Mediterranean GamesThe basketball tournament at the 1951 Mediterranean Games was held in Alexandria, Egypt.-Medalists:-References:...
: 1st place - 1959 Beirut: 3rd place
- 1979 Split: 3rd place
- 2005 AlmeríaBasketball at the 2005 Mediterranean GamesThe Basketball Tournament at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the El Ejido Sports Hall from Friday June 24 to Friday July 1, 2005 in Almería, Spain.-Rosters:*...
: 5th place
Rosters
1936 Olympic Games: finished 21st among 21 teamsAbdel Moneim Wahby, Albert Tadros, Rashad Shafshak, Riad Nosseir, Wahib Hussein, G.el-Din Sabri, E.Riskalla, K.Riad
1937 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams
1947 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 14 teams
Albert Tadros, Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Youssef Abbas, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Wahid Saleh, Zaki Harari, Hassan Moawad, Zaki Yehia, Guido Acher, Maurice Calife
1948 Olympic Games: finished 19th among 23 teams
Albert Tadros, Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Youssef Abbas, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Youssef Abouaouf, Medhat Youssef, Mohammed Soliman, Nessim Salah el-Dine, Robert Makzoume, Hassan Moawad, Mohammed Habib, Mahmoud Leissy
1949 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 7 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Albert Tadros, Youssef Abouaouf, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Abdelrahman Ismail, Hussein Montasser, Nessim Salah el-Dine, Wahid Saleh, Medhat Youssef, Mohammed Soliman, Youssef Abbas, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore), Team captain: Ahmed Hassaan
1950 World Championship: finished 5th among 10 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Albert Tadros, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Youssef Abbas, Youssef Abouaouf, Abdelrahman Ismail, Wahid Saleh, Hussein Montasser, Mohammed Soliman, Medhat Youssef, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi, Mahmud Bahgat (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)
1952 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 23 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, Albert Tadros, Abdelrahman Ismail, George Jean Chalhoub, Youssef Abouaouf, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Hussein Montasser, Medhat Youssef, Zaki Harari, Youssef Abbas, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi, Mahmud Bahgat, Raymond Fehmi Saboungi, Sami Mansour
1953 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 17 teams
Gabriel "Gaby" Catafago, George Jean Chalhoub, Abdelrahman Ismail, Raymond Fehmi Saboungi, Youssef Abouaouf, Youssef Abbas, Ahmed Rashad, Hussein Montasser, Magdi Rizkallah, Ibrahim Zouzi Selim, Mahmud Bahgat, Medhat Youssef, Sami Mansour, Taha el-Barnawi (Coach: Habib Mohamed)
As United Arab Republic
United Arab Republic
The United Arab Republic , often abbreviated as the U.A.R., was a sovereign union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971. The President was Gamal...
1959 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams
George Jean Chalhoub, Raymond Fehmi Saboungi, Joseph Zacar, Fouad Hadidi, Hanafi Abutaleb, Antoine Musillia, Ahmed Sadek, Nabil Abdo, Sami Chilbaya, Adel Sabri, Hilmi Ibrahim, Eli Aramen (Coach: J.Filkud)
1970 World Championship: finished 13th among 13 teams
Mahmud Zaki, Cherif Kheir, Mohamed Gomaa, Adel Sharaf, Adel Abdel Fatah, Taha el-Chanab, Ismail Mohamed Aly Selim, Taher el-Badawi, El-Sayed Mubarak, Mohamed Kemal, Ahmed Abdelhamid el-Saharti, Mustafa el-Sayed (Coach: Mahmud Abdul Kheir)
As Egypt
1972 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams
Awad Abdelnabi, Ahmed Aboulkheir, Mohamed Khaled, Ismail Mohamed Aly Selim, Mohamed Kemal, El-Sayed Tewfik, Mohamed Talaat, Ismail Adel Ibrahim, Fathi Kamel, Ahmed Abdelhamid el-Saharti, Ahmed Mubarak Abdelhamid (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)
1976 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams
Awad Abdelnabi, Mohamed Essam Khaled, Ismail Mohamed Aly Selim, Mohamed Khaled el-Said, Fathi Kamel, Medhat Warda, Osman Farid, Mohamed Hanafi el-Gohari, Hamdi el-Seoudi, Ahmed Abdelhamid el-Saharti, Sayed Aboul Dahab, Mohamed Osman (Coach: Ahmed Fouad Aboulkheir)
1984 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams
Alain-Pierre Attallah, Medhat Warda, Mohamed Essam Khaled, Tarek el-Sabbagh, Ahmed Marei, Essameldin Aboulenein, Abdelkader Rabieh, Amin Shouman, Abdelhadi Ahmed el-Gazzar, Mohamed Sayed Soliman, Amir Abdelmaguid, Khaled Bekhit (Coach: Ahmed Fouad Aboulkheir)
1988 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams
Alain-Pierre Attallah, Ahmed Soliman, Hani Moussa, Amir Abou el-Kheir, El-Sayed Mohamed, Alaa el-Din Abdoun, Ashraf Mahmoud, Mohamed Ismail, Hesham Khalil, Mohamed el-Shakeri, Ashraf Mohamed el-Kordy, Emad el-Kin el-Sayed (Coach: Adel Sabri)
1990 World Championship: finished 16th among 16 teams
Alain-Pierre Attallah, Mohamed Soliman, Sherif Nabil el-Sanadily, Fathi Abdel-Aziz, Mahmoud Abdel-Latif, Ashraf Mahmoud, Emad Mahmoud Aly, Hesham Shaban, Ashraf Mohamed el-Kordy, Ahmed Abou el-Fetouh, Mohamed Abdel Moteleb, Amir Abou el-Kheir (Coach: Cal Luther
Cal Luther
Cal Luther is an American basketball coach. He was head men's coach at DePauw, Murray State, Longwood, Tennessee-Martin, and Bethel College. He was also head coach of the Egyptian national basketball team.-Early life:...
)