Egypt plays in Group A alongside Cuba, Mexico, Poland, Japan and Brazil – Courtesy of fivb.com
CAIRO – 18 August 2017: Cairo hosts the third edition of FIVB U23 World Cup from August 18-25 this year at the Cairo Stadium halls complex 1 and 2; whereby 12 teams will participate in the competition.
Egypt plays in Group A alongside Cuba, Mexico, Poland, Japan and Brazil, while the other Arab nation in the tournament, Algeria plays in Group B alongside, China, Iran, Argentina, Turkey and the reigning champion, Russia.
Egyptian team starts their participation against Japan on Friday, then the team will play Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Poland respectively.
Egyptian coach, Marcos Miranda chosen squad for the tournament are Ahmed Saber ‘Fatouta,’ Ahmed al-Ashry, Hisham Yusry, Omar Saleh, Mohamed Ramadan, Mohamed Mohsen, Ahmed Osama, Abdul Rahman Saudi, Abu al-Said al-Sayed, Ahmed Diaa, Saad Mohsen and Ahmad Galal.
Egypt participated in the competition since its inception in 2013, the team participated in the two former editions in Brazil and UAE; Egypt had reached the 9th place in both editions.
Previously, Brazil had won the first competition in 2013 beating Serbia in the final while Russia won the second edition beating Turkey in the final.
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