Handball World Cup - Egypt faces Angola in a must-win game

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Thu, 17 Jan 2019 - 02:57 GMT

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Egyptian Handball team's goalkeeper, Mohamed el-Tayar - FILE

Egyptian Handball team's goalkeeper, Mohamed el-Tayar - FILE

CAIRO - 17 January 2019: The Egyptian handball team is facing a crucial match against Angola at the end of the group stage in the Handball World Cup held in Germany and Denmark.

The match will be held at 4:30 pm on Thursday and the Pharaohs need to win in order to qualify officially to the second round regardless of the rest of the results of the group.

Egypt succeeded to grab a last minute draw against Hungary to increase the chances of the Pharaohs to qualify for the second round.

Egypt has had a frustrating start at the tournament as they lost their first two games against Sweden and Qatar, respectively. But, they defeated Argentina 22-20 in the third game.

Egypt and Angola have never faced each other in the World Cup but have already competed in many competitions in the African Championship; Egypt won all the previous five encounters.

The World Cup draw put Egypt in Group D alongside Sweden, Hungary, Qatar, Argentina and Angola.

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