Egypt is content to be among the top eight in the World Cup with a defeat against Spain

The Egyptian team was only in the top eight of the World Handball Championship, losing the match for seventh place against Spain 36-31.

Despite a two-goal lead at the end of the first period, the Egyptian team failed to maintain its superiority with several individual errors during the second half of the match.

The defeat came to place Egypt in eighth place in the final table of the competition, while the champion of Europe is in seventh place.

The chances of the Egyptian team and the number of seats on the African continent in the Tokyo Olympic qualifier remain unchanged, while ensuring the world champion to qualify directly for the championship, while the teams of the second in the seventh position are in the annex.

In case a second-in-seven team in the world competes in the European Cup, Egypt would qualify directly for the supplement – if not to win the next Africa Cup of Nations – and would keep the continent to qualify the finalist and third of the annex also.

Game summary

A tight start between the two teams as they can not make a big difference with the first minutes, spend the first five minutes of the showdown with a 3-3 draw.

With the arrival of the tenth minute, the Spanish team managed to widen the gap after mistakes in the pass of players from Egypt, bringing the score to 7-5.

In the 15th minute, the Egyptian team was able to achieve Egyptian equalization again after the result 10-10.

Despite the numerical shortage of Ibrahim Al-Masri's expulsion and the suspension of Ali Zain, Egypt has maintained equalization until the 21st minute to raise the score to 13-13.

Thanks to Hindawi's talent, Egypt managed to advance two goals 27 minutes from the end, or 16-14.

At the start of the 29th minute, the Spanish team took the lead 17-17 before Yahia Al-Armah scored the last Egyptian goal in the first half of the 18-17 meeting.

The Egyptian team maintained its lead in the first minutes of the second half, but Spain managed to come back and lead 22 to 21 in the 37th minute.

Egyptian mistakes in the next few minutes led to a four-goal lead over the Spanish team for the first time in the game, bringing the score to 26-22 in the 41st minute.

The Egyptian team has narrowed the gap with the finish in the 47th minute of the game, bringing the score to 29-27 for Spain.

The Spanish team increased the gap in the 54th minute to become seven goals after a series of senseless Egyptian mistakes, to score 35-28.

The Spanish team maintained its superiority until the end of the match after the result became 36-31, to avoid the Pharaohs to occupy the eighth place at the end of his career in the competition.