LIVE: Egypt vs. Belarus | 2021 World Handball Championship
19:00 Cairo local time (GMT+2) | 12:00 ET Canada-USA
Venue: Cairo Stadium Sports Hall
Main Round – Group IV ranking:
Sweden 5pts
Egypt 4 pts
Slovenia 4 pts
Russia 3 pts
Belarus 2 pts
North Macedonia 0 pts
Egyptian captain and player of the match Ahmed El Ahmar said that Egypt’s 28:23 win against the Russian Handball Federation was of paramount importance in the bid to reach the latter rounds of Egypt 2021.
“It was important to get this win, especially after losing against Sweden,” said El Ahmar.
“Every point is important, we hope to reach the quarter-final stage and not need to rely on other results. We managed to get past the first hurdle, we still have to matches which are like cup finals.
“We have to take things game by game. This is what we say to all players in the meetings. We don’t want to have any regrets or feel like we didn’t do enough to win.
“All matches are like cup finals, we want to go as far as possible. It’s sad that there are no fans to spur us on so I hope they can pray for us. I want them to know we are doing our best. We want to make all Egyptian fans proud.”
LIVE: Egypt vs. Belarus | 2021 World Handball Championship
19:00 Cairo local time (GMT+2) | 12:00 ET Canada-USA
