The Egyptian handball team submitted a protest to the International Federation against the ruling of its match with Sweden, which was held at the end of the Group G matches and ended with Sweden’s victory 24/23. .
The Norwegian referee also managed the last match for the Swedish national team against Macedonia, which everyone liked, in addition to the fact that the Swedish coach was a Norwegian, something that had to be taken into account.
The Egyptian handball team felt injustice during the match, especially that the referee did not provide them with adequate protection despite our progress in the first half by three goals to end the first half with a score of 9/12.
The Minister of Sports praises the Egyptian handball player
Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, Minister of Youth and Sports, praised the performance of the Egyptian national team players despite the defeat of the Swedish national team, with a score of 24-23, at the end of Group G matches, within the tournament Handball World CupWhich will be hosted by Egypt until January 31 with the participation of 32 teams.-
The match was attended by Dr. Hassan Mostafa, President of the International Handball Federation, and Pierre Axel Frelinsdorf, Sweden’s ambassador to Egypt, and Eng. Hisham Hatab, President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee.
The result of the first half ended with the victory of the Egyptian handball team with a score of 9-12, and the two teams exchanged control over the course of the match. As the second group in the seventh group behind Sweden, the group leader, the Macedonian team came in third place, which was able to beat the Chilean team with a score of 32-29, in the match that was held between them before the Egypt-Sweden match, and the Chilean team moved to play in the “President’s Cup” matches, after it failed in Score any point in the group, as the trio will join Russia, Belarus and Slovenia in one group.
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