The Egyptian national handball team U21 headed by Tarek Mahrous, the Technical Director, lost his game against France 35-33 at the Semi finals of the men’s Handball World Championship in its 22nd edition hosted by Spain from July 16 to 28.

The national team won all his matches in the Group Stage over Australia, Sweden, Nigeria, Korea and France. Then won over Serbia at the 16th round.

The team includes: Abdul Rahman Taha, Abdul Rahman Hameed, Galal Khorshid, Abdul Aziz Ehab, Shehab Abdullah, Hassan Waleed, Saif Al-Dera, Ahmed Hisham, Ahmed Radi, Hazem Mamdouh, Mohsen Ramadan, Mohamed Al Azhari, Omar Khaled, Omar Sami, Khaled Waleed and Yasser Mohammed.