Egypt national basketball team

Egypt Egypt مصر
FIBA ranking 41 Steady
Joined FIBA 1934
FIBA zone FIBA Africa
National federation Egyptian Basketball Federation
Coach Ahmed Mohamed Marei
Nickname(s) The Pharaohs
Olympic Games
Appearances 7
Medals None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 6
Medals None
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances 22
Medals Gold: 1962, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1983
Silver: 1972, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2013
Bronze: 1978, 1985, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2003
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances 4
Medals Gold: 1949
Bronze: 1947
Uniforms
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The Egyptian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Egypt in international competitions. It is organized and run by the Egyptian Basketball Federation (Arabic: الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة‎).[1]

Team Egypt has a legacy of remarkable achievements. Its 9th place finish at the 1952 Summer Olympics, as well as its 5th place finish at the 1950 FIBA World Championship, remain the best results ever of an African nation at each tournament. Further, the title of the EuroBasket 1949, is the most prestigious basketball title of an African nation as well. At the FIBA Africa Championship, Egypt holds a record number of 17 medals.

Egypt joined the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) in 1934 and has Africa's longest basketball tradition.

History

EuroBasket 1937

Egyptians posing with EuroBasket 1937 champions Lithuanians.

The Egyptians finished last at the second European basketball championship, the EuroBasket 1937 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.

EuroBasket 1947

Egypt was much more successful in their next appearance, the EuroBasket 1947. 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 medallist 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.

EuroBasket 1949

The following championship was both hosted and won by Egypt. In a relatively small event with seven teams, none of which had placed better than third previously (France 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 Albert Tadros, earned praise for his great skill and excellent leadership.

EuroBasket 1953

In Moscow, the Egyptian team once again competed. The EuroBasket 1953 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.

Later years

Overall, some of the prominent players include Medhat Warda, Ahmed Ismail and Alain Attalah.

In the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, several of Egypt's elite players did not compete at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship. Most notably, college-standout Omar Oraby, the Egyptian American Omar Samhan, and Ahmad Ismail, All-Star forward in the Lebanese Basketball League.


Roster

Team for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship.

Egypt men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
C 1 Kamal, Haytham 27 – (1987-11-17)17 November 1987 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
G 4 Amin, Ehab 20 – (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Texas A&M Corpus Christi United States
G 5 Al Gendy, Amr 24 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Gezira Egypt
G 6 Gunady, Ramy (C) 33 – (1981-12-20)20 December 1981 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Zamalek Egypt
G 9 El-Gammal, Ibrahim 27 – (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ahly Egypt
G 10 Tawfik, Ahmed 27 – (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Sporting Egypt
C 11 Ahmed, Aly 23 – (1992-03-15)15 March 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CSU Bakersfield University United States
F 12 Shousha, Youssef 22 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sporting Egypt
F 14 Ibrahim, Rami 27 – (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
G 30 Hesham, Ahmed 22 – (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Sporting Egypt
F 50 Marei, Assem 23 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Minnesota State University United States
F 55 Oraby, Omar 23 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Gezira Egypt
Head coach
  • Egypt Ahmed Marei
Assistant coaches
  • Egypt Mohamed Gaber
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 August 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive*
C Assem Marei Omar Oraby Aly Ahmed
PF Rami Ibrahim Haytham Kamal
SF Youssef Shousha Amr Al Gendy
SG Ibrahim El-Gammal Ahmed Hesham
PG Ramy Gunady Ehab Amin Ahmed Tawfek

Notable players

Other current notable players from Egypt:

Egypt roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
C Anas Osama Mahmoud 20 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Louisville Cardinals men's basketball United States
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age on 10 February 2016

Performance table

Olympic Games

Year Position Tournament Host
1936 15–18 Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics Berlin, Germany
1948 19 Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
1952 9–16 Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki, Finland
1972 16 Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics Munich, Germany
1976 12 Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal, Canada
1984 12 Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, United States
1988 12 Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Seoul, South Korea
2020 To Be Determined Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan

FIBA World Cup

Year Position Tournament Host
1950 5 1950 FIBA World Championship Buenos Aires, Argentina
1959 11 1959 FIBA World Championship Chile
1970 13 1970 FIBA World Championship Yugoslavia
1990 16 1990 FIBA World Championship Argentina
1994 14 1994 FIBA World Championship Canada
2014 24 2014 FIBA World Cup Spain
2019 To Be Determined 2019 FIBA World Cup China

FIBA EuroBasket

Between 1937 and 1953, Egypt competed in the European Championship.

Year Position Tournament Host
1937 8 EuroBasket 1937 Riga, Latvia
1939 – EuroBasket 1939 Kaunas, Lithuania
1946 – EuroBasket 1946 Geneva, Switzerland
1947 3rd EuroBasket 1947 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1949 1st EuroBasket 1949 Cairo, Egypt
1951 – EuroBasket 1951 Paris, France
1953 8 EuroBasket 1953 Moscow, USSR

FIBA Africa Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1962 1st FIBA Africa Championship 1962 Cairo, Egypt
1964 1st FIBA Africa Championship 1964 Casablanca, Morocco
1965 – FIBA Africa Championship 1965 Tunis, Tunisia
1968 – FIBA Africa Championship 1968 Casablanca, Morocco
1970 1st FIBA Africa Championship 1970 Alexandria, Egypt
1972 2nd FIBA Africa Championship 1972 Dakar, Senegal
1974 – FIBA Africa Championship 1974 Bangui, Central African Republic
1975 1st FIBA Africa Championship 1975 Alexandria, Egypt
1978 3rd FIBA Africa Championship 1978 Dakar, Senegal
1980 – FIBA Africa Championship 1980 Rabat, Morocco
1981 2nd FIBA Africa Championship 1981 Mogadishu, Somalia
1983 1st FIBA Africa Championship 1983 Alexandria, Egypt
1985 3rd FIBA Africa Championship 1985 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
1987 2nd FIBA Africa Championship 1987 Tunis, Tunisia
1989 2nd FIBA Africa Championship 1989 Luanda, Angola
1992 3rd FIBA Africa Championship 1992 Cairo, Egypt
1993 2nd FIBA Africa Championship 1993 Nairobi, Kenya
1995 – FIBA Africa Championship 1995 Algiers, Algeria
1997 4 FIBA Africa Championship 1997 Dakar, Senegal
1999 3rd FIBA Africa Championship 1999 Angola
2001 3rd FIBA Africa Championship 2001 Morocco
2003 3rd FIBA Africa Championship 2003 Alexandria, Egypt
2005 – FIBA Africa Championship 2005 Algiers, Algeria
2007 4 FIBA Africa Championship 2007 Angola
2009 10 FIBA Africa Championship 2009 Libya
2011 11 FIBA Africa Championship 2011 Antananarivo, Madagascar
2013 2nd 2013 FIBA Africa Championship Côte d'Ivoire
2015 5 2015 FIBA Africa Championship Radès, Tunisia
2017 To Be Determined 2017 FIBA Africa Championship To Be Determined

African Games

  • 1965 : 1st
  • 1973 : 3rd
  • 1978 : Did Not Qualify
  • 1987 : Did Not Qualify
  • 1991 : 1st
  • 1995 : 1st
  • 1999 : 1st
  • 2003 : Did Not Qualify
  • 2007 : 2nd
  • 2011 : 5th
  • 2015 : 2nd
  • 2019 : To Be Determined

Pan Arab Games

  • 1953 : 1st
  • 1957 : ?
  • 1961 : 1st
  • 1965 : 1st
  • 1976 : ?
  • 1985 : ?
  • 1992 : ?
  • 1997 : ?
  • 1999 : 1st
  • 2004 : 1st
  • 2007 : 1st
  • 2011 : 3rd

Mediterranean Games

Islamic Solidarity Games

Never Participated

Head coach history

Past rosters

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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

EuroBasket 1949: 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: Albert Tadros


Team for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Egypt men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
F 4 Samir, Seif 21 – (1993-06-05)5 June 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Ahly Egypt
G 5 Gendy, Amr 23 – (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Gezira Egypt
C 6 Kamal, Haytham 26 – (1987-11-17)17 November 1987 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
G 7 Badr, Wael (C) 35 – (1978-12-01)1 December 1978 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Sporting Egypt
F 8 Abouelanin, Moamen 28 – (1986-06-25)25 June 1986 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
G 9 El-Gammal, Ibrahim 26 – (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ahly Egypt
G 10 El-Sabagh, Mouhanad 26 – (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
G 11 Genedy, Sherif 35 – (1979-04-03)3 April 1979 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Gezira Egypt
F 12 Shousha, Youssef 21 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
G 13 Elmekawi, Moustafa 19 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) El Zamalek Egypt
F 14 Ibrahim, Rami 26 – (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
F 15 Rabie, Ashraf 31 – (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Ittihad Egypt
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Egypt Sabry Saleh
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2014

See also

References

  1. ↑ FIBA National Federations – Egypt, fiba.com, accessed 24 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Head coaches, fiba.com, accessed 8 May 2013.

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